Chapter 11 #2
One hand on his cock, the other firmly pinned him against me. I released a round of punishing thrusts while stroking him. Ronan cried out as he came, but I wasn’t done with him yet. Not even close.
My release was near, my knot growing larger.
He’d come again, Ronan always did when I knotted him.
His erection had waned until he felt the stretch.
I drove in as far as I could go, my knot linking us together and I came, hard, filling him.
Had he not already been pregnant, this likely would’ve done the trick.
He gasped and came again through another round of full body shivers. I loved that reaction. Ronan may try to play hard to get but he was just as tied to me as I was to him, with or without eggs. There was no denying our bond.
Ronan’s breathing quieted, as he nodded off.
My sated little minx. I covered us and curled around him and he snuggled right in.
“Soon, my love, you’ll want to be in my arms all the time,” I whispered and pressed my lips to his forehead.
When the movie came to an end, I carried him up to his room and tucked him in for the night.
“Sleep tight, Ronan and know that I love you.” It felt great to say the words and mean them outside of the heat of the moment. Maybe someday, he’d get to hear them, and if I was lucky, he’d feel the same way.
“Morning,” he grumbled as he rolled into the kitchen. “What’s for breakfast?”
“Well, I already ate but kept a plate warming in the oven for you. We have a few things to go over today, and I start back on patrol tonight.” I sipped my coffee, waiting as the words sunk in.
“Wait, what? Patrol? Where will I be?”
And there it was.
“Well, first we need to go over a few safety rules and features our humble abode has.” I slid his plate in front of him and poured him a glass of juice.
“It’s important that if anything were to happen I knew where to find you and the girls.
A place where you were safe but only I could get to you. Well, and my brothers, if need be.”
“Safe?”
“You heard Ionus, war is coming. The safest room in our house is the horde room. Somewhere you and the girls can hide in that’s safe and secure.
We’ll stock it with food and water, linens, fold out beds and toys.
This isn’t something I’ll budge on, Ronan.
Keeping you and the girls safe is my number one priority. ”
“As much as I’d like to argue, I totally agree. I’ve come to accept the mating and the eggs, and there is nothing and no one who will ever hurt our girls.”
“Look at your arms,” his angry words triggered a shift. “Time to accept that you are a dragon, Ronan.”
“I still can’t believe it. It’s like I keep expecting to wake up in my lonely apartment with everything back to normal. Going to work, then home. Looking back, my life was so mundane and boring before you came into it.”
“You’re welcome,” I winked.
“Smart-ass.”
“Yes, but I’m your smart-ass. Come on,” I rinsed his plate and put it in the dishwasher. “Let’s get you added to the bio scanner.”
“Bio scanner?” His eyes were huge. “Like…”
I laughed. “No, not biohazard.” He followed me through the office to the door at the back that led into the mountainside.
“Place your hand here,” he laid it across the biometric reader.
“Now, look into this window,” it scanned his retina and I entered his information into the keypad that popped out when the door opened. “Welcome to our horde.”
“Whoa, this room is huge.”
“Well, I’ll be damned.” Never once had it hit me until now. All my life I’d hoarded rubies and opals and now it all made sense tied in with the rest of the horde. “Anything and everything to do with fire.”
“Rubies, opals and lava rocks? All along you’ve been drawn to rubies and opals.”
“Yes, and now I understand why. Guess I was planning for you and the girls all along.” Various fire suits lined one of the walls, some in worse shape than others.
Over the years we’d had a hand in perfecting them for the humans to wear, so many of these were crash test dummies.
“This couch is ridiculously comfortable and a great place to nap. Feel free to come in here anytime you wish, but also know that if the war we suspect starts happening, I expect you and the girls to immediately retreat to this room. This is our safe space.”
“Understood. Can I make a few homier changes?”
“My love,” I pulled him into my arms, “you can do as you wish with the entire house. Mi casa es tu casa.”
“These display cases are part of the mountainside and these gems are exquisite.”
“Aye, they are and worth more than you could imagine. Our family will never want for anything. Our children’s children on down the line will be financially secure for centuries to come.
My brothers and I have invested wisely since the use of money came into play and before then we traded well.
Listen,” I tucked a finger under his chin and tilted his head upward.
“I love you, Ronan and I’m pretty sure I have since the day we met.
You’re my mate, my lover, and the father of our children. ”
“I um, I heard you say it last night.” He didn’t have to say it back. I got the impression Ronan didn’t have it easy growing up and trust was something that had to be earned with him, and earn it, I intended to.
“Come on, let’s get ready to go to Ionus’.
It’s important for you to get to know everyone, especially the other mates.
Emerson is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to dragon history.
He can probably answer more questions than I can.
” I nearly added plus, I have the feeling you need to learn how to change a diaper, but at the last second I decided those words were best kept to myself.
We puttered around the house, but I knew Donovan was headed over to work on Ronan’s wardrobe space now that the girl’s room was painted and ready for furniture. Getting him out of the house for the rest of the day was crucial for keeping my surprise under wraps.
“Take the tunnels anytime you go to one of the other houses until things settle down, okay?” Ronan nodded. I think the kidnapping had been an awakening for him. “You’re not trapped here, but please don’t leave the compound without a Denarius or Drakemyre escort.”
“Yeah, I think I’m just fine here, but how do we get our deliveries?”
“One of our clan is always in town with a van picking up supplies. Quint was running to the post office to pick up a bunch of our orders that came in.” I couldn’t wait to build the nest. We stopped in the middle of the garage so I could point out each brother’s door.
“Ionus and Caro’s homes are next to each other which makes it easy to visit the dragonets.
" As soon as we stepped inside Ionus and Alex’s house, the noise level hit and Ronan froze.
“Come on, with two coming, quiet our home will no longer be.”