Guarding Valentina [Paladin Protection Agency 3] (Siren Publishing Classic)

by Susan Hayes

  “Jazz has to keep me because her wolf won’t give her any choice.” Jase grinned and leaned back in his chair and Val could see Aedan struggling to catch up to the conversation.

  “Jazz is a werewolf, too? You bit her?” The dhampir stared at Jase in shock.

  “Not quite. Jazz bit Jase, not the other way around,” Val clarified.

  “So let me get this straight. You’re a paramilitary organization with a semi-secret division that specializes in paranormal protection and you’ve got an empath, a medium, and two werewolves on staff? My sources need to get their shit together because they missed a few things in their reports.”

  “Jazz isn’t a member of Paladin. She came to us for help when she was being hunted. Oh, and we have a clairvoyant on call, too. Anya. You haven’t met her yet.”

  Jase grinned. “When you do meet her, don’t laugh. Remington is very protective of her, quirks, bare feet, and all.”

  “I’ll try to remember, but I did warn you lot, I’m not the diplomatic type. I just kill the bad things and leave the talking to someone else.”

  Sin stood up and gave Aedan an assessing glance, his expression thoughtful. “You know, you might just fit in here better than I thought. At least you recognize your limitations.” He shot a grin at Jase. “Unlike some people I know.”

  “Limitations? I don’t have limitations. I’m pure perfection. Why do you people not understand this?” Jase got to his feet as well, laughing the whole time. “Come on, Sin. Jazz is teaching a class downstairs, and I want to go watch.” He glanced over at Val. “You coming?”

  “Not today, doctor’s orders. No sparring for another day or so. They’ll just have to manage without me.”

  “I’ll let ’em know they’re off the hook until you’re given the green light. I’m sure you’ll be able to hear the cheers from up here.” Jase waved as he and Sin headed out. “See you two later.” Val swore she saw Jase wink as he closed the door and said, “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.”

  “Why would they be cheering?” Aedan asked her.

  “I’m Paladin’s hand-to-hand combat instructor. Part of my duties includes making sure everyone stays at the top of their game.” She grinned evilly. “Which means I get to beat up my coworkers on a regular basis. Jazz holds a black belt in Taekwondo and runs a chain of self-defense gyms for women. She’s been teaching a few classes here, too.”

  “Why didn’t you tell me you were under doctor’s orders to take it easy?” He rose from his chair and prowled around the table until he was standing beside her, his hand on her shoulder. “I wasn’t exactly easy on you last night.”

  Her pulse skittered up a few notches as she watched him move closer to her. He moved with a grace she found utterly sexy, and she’d spent the last few hours in various meetings, trying hard not to get distracted by thoughts of what he looked like under his unassuming clothing. It hadn’t worked very well, and she’d caught herself dreaming up all sorts of scenarios as the meetings had dragged on. “Don’t you dare start treating me like I’m made of crystal and will shatter at the slightest touch.” She turned in her seat and managed to shift one leg between him and the chair so he was standing between her spread thighs. She tipped her head to grin up at him, her fingers already curling into the waistband of his jeans. “And I may have exaggerated slightly to the guys a minute ago. Doc told me to use my discretion. I have decided that today, I don’t want to work out.”

  His eyes were gleaming with lust as he stared down at her, a wicked grin dancing on his lips. “Do you have something else in mind then?”

  “Absolutely.” She palmed his cock through his jeans and felt it grow hard beneath her hand. “I want to get you naked and do everything I’ve been daydreaming about since we got out of bed this morning.”

  Aedan’s breath hissed out over his teeth as she rubbed harder against his dick. “I thought those meetings were going to be the death of me,” he confessed and leaned down to nuzzle her hair. “Too much time sitting there with nothing to do but imagine what you and I could be doing instead.”

  “Glad I wasn’t alone with that problem.”

  “Do you think they’d mind if we borrowed this room for the next while?” Aedan’s voice was a low, husky rumble as he dropped his head to her ear and sucked the lobe between his teeth.

  “Mind? I don’t think they’d mind,” Val said and then dropped her voice to the barest whisper. “I’d bet good money those two are watching us on a security camera right now, though. This room is wired, and Jase is onto us. I’m betting he’s taking a peek to see if he can catch us in a compromising position. So, sexy, want to play it up for the camera?”

  His cock twitched and thickened beneath her fingers, and she knew he liked her suggestion even before he whispered back, “I vote we give them a damn good show.”

  “Just a short one,” she agreed, still whispering. “There’s a camera in front of you and just to the left. Take a look and tell me if it’s got a red light flashing.” She worked the button on his jeans open and slowly drew his fly down, letting her fingers brush with tantalizing slowness down the hard ridge of his cock as she did so.

  “It is.” He mouthed the words next to her ear. “We’ve got an audience, luv.”

  Making sure to keep her body between Aedan and where she knew the camera was situated, she reached up to splay one hand across his chest, coaxing him to stand upright as she bowed her head and nuzzled the tip of his cock through the fabric of his briefs.

  “That’s what I kept thinking of, yeah.” He bucked his hips against her mouth as he spoke, his hands gently cupping the back of her head. “I had all these images of you sucking me off under the table while everyone else was talking and making plans.”

  “Sin would be so disappointed to know that his pep talk was interfering in your sexual fantasies,” she said and tugged his briefs down, freeing his cock from its cloth prison.

  “Then let’s not tell…” He trailed off into a groan as she wrapped her lips around the swollen head of his dick and started lapping up the pearls of pre-cum already decorating the tip.

  The mango-citrus scent of her soap clung to Aedan’s skin, blending with his unique musk, and she liked the idea that he smelled of her, or at least of her soap. She drew him deeper and then swallowed, increasing the suction on his cock. His fingers tightened their hold of her head, and she relaxed her jaw as he slowly began to fuck her mouth. He groaned her name, and she curled two fingers around the base of his cock, jerking him off with one hand as she let her tongue travel up and down the length of his dick with every slow thrust of his hips.

  She glanced up at his face, and instantly her clit throbbed and her pussy was soaked as she drank in the vision above her. Aedan’s head was thrown back and his eyes were closed in ecstasy as he pushed his cock past her lips again and again. She wondered if he’d forgotten about the camera, but just at the moment he cracked open one eye and gave her a lopsided grin that told her he was still very much aware of their audience. The thought of Sin and Jase watching her pleasure Aedan made her pussy clench, and she felt a heady rush as she imagined them just down the hallway, watching them on the monitor.

  She winked at Aedan before lowering her gaze again and hummed softly in the back of her throat. This may have started off as a game, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t going to make sure he enjoyed himself.

  “Do you think we should have locked the door?” He was panting now, and his words were uttered in time to his thrusts. She realized he was as turned on by their exhibition as she was, and she made a decision not to stop until he’d gotten off. It was the least she could do for him for helping her make a point to the boys. She dropped her head so that his cock was buried deep in her mouth, and she tightened her grip on his shaft. She pumped him hard, and his whole body tensed as he realized her intention.

  “Val!” He growled a warning as his thrusts grew harder and more erratic. She moaned in encouragement, and he let himself go, coming hard and sending jets of
salty cum down her throat. She licked him clean before his cock had finished softening, and she tucked him back into his jeans with a smile and a wink.

  Standing up, she turned around to face the camera, both hands coming up to flip anyone watching the bird. “Going down to the gym, my ass,” she called out and laughed. “I hope you two enjoyed yourselves, because you’re never going to see that again!”

  The red light on the camera blinked out two seconds later, and she burst out laughing. Aedan’s arms snaked around her waist, and he drew her back against his chest, the two of them snickering and laughing until tears rolled down their faces.

  “You were magnificent,” he whispered in her ear. “I’ve never done anything like that before, but damn, that was hot.”

  “I’ve never done that either.” She turned her head to capture his mouth with a kiss. “But I think I might want to do it again someday.” She giggled and then added, “Just maybe not at work next time.”

  “I suspect it will be a long time before Jase decides to spy on you again. You were wicked, calling him out at the end like that.”

  Val grinned. “I’m a wicked sort of woman. I thought that was one of the things you liked about me.”

  “It’s one of the reasons. You’ll be pleased to know it’s becoming a rather long list.”

  Her breath caught in her throat as she heard the warmth in his words, and Val spun around within the confines of his arms to kiss him. She let her feelings flow between them, using her actions to convey the words she wasn’t ready to even think yet, never mind say aloud. Their tongues dueled, and she pressed herself against the hard wall of his chest. She wanted to feel him, and she needed the warmth and comfort of his touch. She gripped his shoulders as he lifted her, his hands cupping her ass as he dragged her up his body and into his arms.

  She wrapped her legs around his waist and clung to him, craving more. She needed more of his kisses, more of his laughter, more of every part of him.

  “I’m thinking we need to move this party somewhere with a locking door and no cameras.” Aedan’s voice was thick with desire, and he whispered the words against her lips before kissing her again.

  She ground her pussy against his hardening cock and nodded in agreement. “Your room or mine?”

  “Whichever one is closer.”

  He moved fast enough Val was certain they were nothing but a blur to the few people they passed in the corridors. She whispered directions as they navigated their way back to the rooms they’d each been assigned, and once again Val was grateful that when Remington had designed his base of operations, he’d done it with the comfort and safety of his people in mind. Along with a first-class training area, gym, and pool, he’d included a quality cafeteria and sleeping quarters that were on par with a standard motel room. Everything a jet-lagged security officer or frightened client might need, at least for the short-term.

  They reached his room first, and Aedan pinned her up against the wall with his body, holding her in place with his hips as he dug the keycard out of his pocket and blindly waved it in front of the lock until they both heard it open with a click.

  “Thank god.” He growled and had her inside in a heartbeat, kicking the door shut behind him as he carried her to the bed and dropped her onto the bedspread. “Get naked, right now.”

  “You’re cute when you think you’re the one in charge,” she sassed him as she sat up and began taking off her clothes.

  “I am in charge. Your turn was last night. Now it’s my turn.” He skinned his shirt over his head, and her fingers itched to stroke down the middle of his newly revealed chest. Muscle and sinew played under his skin, and her mouth watered as she imagined licking her way down to the treasure trail of dark hair that skimmed over his stomach and vanished into the waistband of his jeans.

  “How was I in charge last night? I remember you spanking me, not the other way around.”

  “You made me clean the kitchen, naked.” He pointed out with a grin, his gaze hot as he eyed her now-naked breasts. “Luv? You’re still wearing too many clothes.”

  “So are you.” Val bounced off the bed and deliberately turned her back to him as she peeled her jeans down past her ass and slowly pushed them down her legs, wiggling her hips from side to side as she did so.

  “Tease,” he said a bare second before he was behind her, his jeans still around his ankles as he wrapped one arm around her waist and drew her in tight to his lean body. “You’re going to pay for that.”

  He toed off his socks and jeans as he held her, his free hand stroking her from belly to breast before tweaking one already-hard nipple with his fingertips. “You’re already hot for me, aren’t you?”

  “Your ego doesn’t need to know the answer to that,” she muttered and squirmed against him, rubbing his cock against the curve of her butt.

  “If you won’t admit it, I’ll just prove it to myself.” He pinched her breast lightly one last time and then stroked back down her stomach. His fingers brushed over the shaved seam of her pussy and dipped between the already-slick lips of her labia. “See? You’re wet for me. I knew it.”

  She wriggled again, and the arm across her middle flexed, feeling more like steel than flesh. “You going to let me go now?” She couldn’t keep the husky quaver out of her voice, and she could almost see the grin on Aedan’s face as he nuzzled into her neck.

  “No, I’m not. You’re going to kneel on the bed, and then I’m going to teach you what happens when you tease me.”

  Her pussy clenched at his words, and she mewled low in her throat. His breath flowed hot over her skin as he nuzzled her neck again, and then he was lifting her up onto the bed, his fingers sliding deep into her cunt as he helped her balance on her knees, her back still held firmly against his chest.

  “Now what?”

  “Now you spread your legs and let me have my way with this gorgeous body of yours.” The arm across her middle kept her still as his questing fingers started playing with her clit, teasing it out from its hood of sensitive flesh. She spread her thighs wider, arching her hips against the pressure of his hand. He was moving painfully slowly, and she groaned in frustration as every delicate touch made her ache with need.

  His mouth was busy nibbling and kissing the soft skin of her neck, and when he sucked on the spot just below her earlobe, Val felt it from her neck to her pussy, an electrified bolt of pure lust. He grazed his closely trimmed nails over her clit, and she shivered, but as she tried to press herself into his hand, he pulled away. “Patience.” His voice was a sensual whisper that glided over her skin. “I’ll make it worth the wait.”

  “You better.”

  “Have I disappointed you yet?” He nipped at her earlobe, and she laughed, her amusement turning to a drawn-out moan as he swirled his fingers around her clit and then plunged them deep into her pussy.

  “No!” She groaned in delight as he fucked her with his hand. “But it’s early days yet!”

  “I give you my word, Val. If I have my way, I’ll never, ever let you down.”

  A ribbon of something pure and warm wrapped around her heart, and Val turned her head to nuzzle his cheek. “Right back at you, Aedan.”

  He moved to one side just enough to be able to capture her lips with his, and the kiss he gave her sent a sizzling wave of need crashing through her. Her channel tightened around his fingers, and she moaned into his mouth as his free hand eased its hold on her stomach to cup her breast. He toyed and twisted at her nipple as his fingers plunged into her pussy and his thumb moved in slow circles around her aching clit.

  Her entire body felt as though it was awash in flame, and she wanted nothing more than to grind herself against his hand until she came. Every time she tried to set the pace, he withdrew, leaving her trembling and frustrated just on the edge of release.

  “Please.” She finally said the word she instinctively knew he was waiting to hear. “Please, I want to come now.”

  “You teased me. Now I’m teasing you.” He moved his h
and to her other breast and began the sensual torment all over again.

  “I didn’t tease you this badly,” she argued.

  “No, you’re right. You didn’t. I really should let you come.” He nuzzled her shoulder and then whispered in her ear, “Turn your head to the left. I want you to see what I’m doing to you.”

  As she turned her head, she realized he’d been watching them in the mirror that was hung on the wall facing the bed. His naked body was wrapped around hers, and she could catch glimpses of his rigid cock where it was wedged between them, rubbing up against the small of her back with every move either of them made.

  His hand was buried deep between her thighs, and she could see the gleam of lust in his eyes as their gaze met in the mirror. “Now you can come.” He played her body like a maestro, wringing every note of pleasure and joy out of her as fingers plucked and fucked her into a blissful frenzy. He gave her everything she needed, and his eyes never left hers as she came apart in his arms. Her world went gray, and she was lost in a whirlwind of sensation that sent her reeling. When she came back to herself, he was gently placing her in the middle of his bed, his body covering hers as he kissed her gently.

  Her thighs were still shaking from her last orgasm, and she hadn’t yet caught her breath, but she wrapped her arms around him in welcome as he deftly maneuvered his cock up against her entrance and pushed himself slowly inside. Nerve endings sparked deep inside her pussy, and she lifted her hips to take him deeper. She loved the way he filled her, stretching and claiming every inch of her pussy until they were as close as two people could be.

  “Need you.” She caught the softest whisper of his words, barely discernible as he spoke them against her lips and then kissed her again.

  She stroked her fingers through his curly hair and offered herself up to him, her body as open and welcoming as she could make it. They moved as one, her inner muscles gripping tightly around the thick shaft of his cock, fighting to keep him inside her each time he withdrew, only to thrust back into her pussy again a moment later. His kisses were tender and his touch was gentle as he made love to her. His hands framed her face, and his thumbs stroked over her cheekbones, every caress a silent confirmation of something neither of them were ready to speak of.