Guardian of His Heart [Guardian 2] (Siren Publishing Classic ManLove)

by Lacey Denair

  The fight raged on for three solid weeks, only stopping when the opponents needed to recharge their batteries.

  The adversaries at last went to their respective corners. It was a good thing, as everyone on the ranch, especially Saber, was pulling their hair out. The chickens even stopped laying eggs.

  Saber didn’t think he had ever seen such relieved bodyguards, when at last they were advised the king was going home. Sans mate.

  Only one of the royal guards appeared to hesitate when it came time to leave. One of the lady guards, Tymara, it seemed had taken up with one of the gentlemen on the ranch by the name of Crusty.

  Frederico and Kelley went their separate ways, and Kelley could have sworn he heard everyone on the ranch sigh in relief. Four weeks went by with Frederico still wanting his mate by his side. The king and son were having almost daily talks on the phone about the pros and cons of male mates. Saber, of course, provided some much-needed instruction, just in case.

  Kelley and Frederico were also speaking, if that’s what fighting on the phone daily was called. Kelley was still being much too difficult in the area of cooperation with the king’s idea of how a consort should behave.

  The mating dreams weren’t helping, either. They were becoming almost nightly. The king would never have thought it possible to argue with someone in a dream!

  Frederico was enjoying himself immensely, at last having a worthy opponent for the first time in centuries. He and his mate may not get along, but Frederico felt young and alive again!

  The king, however, found that he couldn’t concentrate on anything but missing his mate. He finally decided perhaps he would bend a little, maybe an eighth of an inch. He would not give any further than that. He knew from experience it was never wise to give one’s opponent too much wiggle room. Perhaps he would dig out and dust off that olive branch his mother always said to try first.

  After all, he was still sleeping alone. He had returned to Saibina, only being able to stay away for so long. He stood, walked over to a window, and looked out. He did so wish to show his mate their beautiful country. He now considered Kelley his, even if they didn’t see quite eye to eye. This was not how he saw his mating progressing, and his dragon was whining, wanting their mate. Maybe being as old as he was, he had become inflexible and set in his ways. Frederico yearned for his mate, so he decided he would learn to bend and find a way to make it work between them.

  Chapter Five

  One evening, two months after Kelley returned to his own apartment from his eventful trip to his brother’s, he jogged up to his complex. There on his doorstep stood the king with wildflowers in hand. Kelley accepted them, inviting Frederico in. “Come on in. What brings you here?” Kelley asked, trying to be civil.

  “I was in the neighborhood.”

  Kelley laughed, getting Frederico something to drink. “Care for a beer?” he asked.

  “That would be nice, thank you.”

  Kelley almost laughed. The two men were trying so hard to get along they didn’t have a clue what to say to each other.

  He would never know what made him do it, but Frederico walked over to Kelley and took his beer, placing both on a table. Looking into Kelley’s eyes, he bent down, picked Kelley up, and kissed him into the next solar system! When they finally loosened their lip-lock, they just stared at each other. Frederico placed Kelley on his feet.

  Kelley took a step forward and began unbuttoning the king’s silk shirt, and all the while he led the king down the hall to his bedroom. Once inside, Kelley led his mate over to the bed.

  “What are you doing?” Frederico asked. He could hear a hint of panic in his own voice.

  “Don’t worry, honey. I’ll be gentle. You being a virgin and all.” Kelley looked up at the king with a sly grin.

  The king stood stark still. All his muscles locked, and he couldn’t move if he had to. His dragon wasn’t helping at all. The unruly beast rooted Kelley on!

  When Kelley got the gold cuff links off, he slid his mate’s shirt from his back. Did the Gods really make men like this? He had to be drooling, but he didn’t have time to check. He wasn’t going to give this fabulous-smelling, incredible-looking man time to change his mind. Frederico stood there looking very apprehensive. Kelley sat him down, took off one shoe then the other, one sock then the other, massaging his mate’s feet, then instructed his soon-to-be lover to stand.

  Kelley saw the king’s face. He looked downright afraid when Kelley undid his belt then unzipped his pants and slid them, along with the custom boxers, down his legs. Kelley took the pants and laid them on a chair. When he turned, taking a really good look, he almost fainted. Wow! He was going to light candles and leave offerings for the Gods every day for the rest of his life. Oh yeah! This was his? He wanted to air pump his arm while doing a happy dance. Kelley always had a thing for big men. The taller, the more muscled, and the more hung, the better. He had died and gone to heaven. Frederico not only fit the bill on the first two checkpoints of his list, he was hung like a horse. Or was that a dragon? No wonder he was the king. Kelley suddenly wasn’t too sure he could take it all, but he was sure as hell gonna try! Kelley couldn’t figure out what had changed his mate’s mind to make him more accepting, but he was thrilled just the same.

  “What do you think? Am I pleasing to you?” Frederico said softly, painfully shy. It was more than obvious the poor guy had never been with a man. Kelley would fix that problem.

  “Oh yeah, king, baby. You got that whole dragon package thing going on. Do you please me? You’re kidding, right? I can truthfully say I have never seen anyone that looks as good as you, sweetheart.”

  Frederico smiled and turned red. How cute was that? Kelley thought.

  Kelley’s turn to strip. He told his lover to make himself comfy on the bed. He knew from his brothers that shifters couldn’t get or give STDs, so all he’d need was some lube, no wait, make that a lot of lube, and he would be good. He decided he would undress slowly. Kelley was a great dancer, especially when inspired. Now he would put to use that talent he had honed being an exotic dancer to seduce his mate.

  He turned away from the king, bent over at the waist showing his mate his ass as he slipped his shoes and socks off, making the king groan. He then turned and started slowly dancing to music in his mind. Kelley unbuttoned his shirt and undid the cuffs with his head down, looking up through his lashes at the king, all the while swaying his hips.

  He danced over to the bed and slid very slowly and erotically across it, where Frederico lay watching. Just as his mate grabbed for him, he lifted from the bed and walked across the room, still swaying his hips.

  He undid the band from his hair, letting it fall wild around his shoulders and back. The pants fell to the floor, and Kelley stepped out of them, turned toward his mate, and walked back toward the bed with his cock swaying to the beat of unheard music, agonizingly slow. Kelley knew was driving Frederico out of his mind. By now the king was positively panting!

  Frederico never had someone perform for him so playfully yet so erotic. The king found this not only exciting but a little illicit, which turned him even more.

  Just before he reached the bed, Kelley turned and let his shirt fall from his shoulders. When he heard the king hiss, he turned. “Something wrong?”

  “In all honesty? I did not know how I would react to you being male. The dreams never prepared me for that. Your body was always a bit fuzzy. Now I know why. It simply never occurred to me. I see now that you are just as stunning as a man.”

  Kelley smiled then went looking for that giant bottle of lube and to freshen up. When he walked back into the room, Frederico was looking at him strangely.

  “You have a dragon on your shoulder. When did you get that, may I ask?”

  Kelley had forgotten it was there. “When I was eighteen. I just thought a royal-blue dragon with green eyes was beautiful.”

  “Thank you.”

  Kelley looked at him, and his eyes got big. “You are not serious.
You shift into a royal-blue dragon with emerald-green eyes? There is no way.”

  “I’ll show you sometime. But not now. I intend to be busy.”

  Frederico reached out, and this time Kelley came to him. He stood so close to his mate. His hard erection was leaving kisses of pre-cum all over the king’s chest. Frederico gently took hold of the hard silk and examined it. “What a beautiful cock you have. It is smaller than mine, but perfect just the same.” With that having been said, he slid his tongue experimentally under the head and followed the vein running down. He took the tip into his mouth and hummed with satisfaction. For someone who had never touched another man, Frederico had a smokin’ hot mouth! He proceeded to suck Kelley like a pro, swirling his tongue, ever so gently biting him here and there. Kelley began to moan with abandon.

  Ahh, Frederico thought, he had always wanted a noisy lover. Someone who would let him know how he was making his partner feel. Kelley was delightfully loud.

  “King, baby, you keep that up, honey, and you’re gonna get a surprise!” Kelley yelled. When the king just started humming again, the vibration and a tug to his balls sent Kelley right over the edge. “Oh Gods, please, please, please! Yes, baby!” Kelley screamed, jerking with every pulse of pearly cum shooting from him. The king sucked him down, licking and cleaning the sensitive flesh.

  When he finally let his mouth slide from Kelley, Frederico laid him down on the bed. “You taste so good. Sweet like melons! How wonderful. I am new to this, so you will have to tell me when I do something incorrectly. I do not wish to hurt you, my beloved, but I am going to claim you. Is that agreeable to you? Please, Kelley, just this once comply with my wishes. My dragon and I need to bond with you.”

  Kelley turned over on his stomach. “With that enormous third leg you’re packin’, I think this would be best for our first time together,” he said as he slid pillows under his hips. “Are you going to bite me?”

  “Yes, my mate. I will bite you there, releasing my mating serum. I am told it is a painful and most pleasurable experience all at the same time.” Frederico touched Kelley on the spot between his shoulder and neck, smiling.

  “Always remember lots of lube, baby. Put it on your fingers and then insert one at a time, wiggling and stretching me as much as you can, and watch those nails.” Kelley looked at Frederico’s cock once more then looked back up at him, saying, “Don’t forget the lube, and you want to end up with at least four fingers!”

  Frederico was a fast learner, Kelley decided. He slid in one finger at a time, wiggling them around and getting used to the sensation of stretching his lover. “I like this. I find touching you this way to be both erotic and most enjoyable,” the king said as he inserted a fourth finger. When he accidently grazed Kelley’s prostate, Kelley went wild.

  “Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you about the sweet spot. Do that again, and I’ll let you fuck me good and hard. Okay, baby?” Kelley looked around at Frederico, panting with that sly grin again.

  Frederico was beginning to really like Kelley’s grin!

  “All right, I’m going to try to enter you. Will that be to your liking?” the king asked.

  “Just do it, don’t make it so damn clinical,” Kelley said, rolling his eyes.

  Frederico smiled broadly while lining himself up. He took a deep breath and slowly pushed the huge head of his cock against the little pink star until the head suddenly popped through Kelley’s guardian muscles. “Ohh, oh yeah. Keep going, for Gods’ sake. Don’t stop now!” Kelley moaned with a decidedly unmanly voice. “Keep going!” he screamed as his toes curled.

  The king was very good at following orders. By the time Kelley finished giving instructions and encouraging Frederico, he was at last fully seated inside Kelley.

  “Wait just a second, love. Let me get used to your size! You wouldn’t believe how full I am right now. Kelley knew for sure he could feel his mate in his rib cage. After a few seconds, he said, “Okay, go for it.”

  With that, Frederico pulled almost out and then thrust back in solidly. He kept up the slow assault on his mate’s fine ass, thrusting in almost gently until Kelley was coming unglued. “Baby, pound me, bite me, fuck me. I it all, king, baby. You’re not going to break me. Do it!” Kelley yelled at him.

  Frederico was not used to the verbal stimulation of his little dictator, and without realizing it, the king began to lose control of his dragon. The unruly beast was going to take what was his, and no one was going to stop him. He started ramming into Kelley at full speed, bellowing in his excitement. Smoke started curling out of Frederico’s nose. His dragon kept pounding into Kelley’s tight ass, and Kelley was screaming profanity the king had never heard before. Frederico was simply along for the ride now, having no control whatsoever over his dragon. The beast rammed and thrust the huge cock into Kelley, the beast always turning and twisting with inhuman speed and strength. Kelley was losing his voice and moaning as he came again. Kelley kept calling out, wanting more, always more, and his dragon was glad to oblige. Suddenly, Frederico watched as a third party when his dragon reached over Kelley’s back and, without any warning at all, bit into Kelley’s juncture between neck and shoulder. The dragon sank his fangs in all the way, burying his teeth and releasing his mating serum. When his release slammed into him once again, Kelley cried out, as cum was forced from him in a pleasurable and painful rush.

  Frederico’s eyes crossed, having never felt like this in his life. As the serum kept flowing through the snakelike fangs, both the king and dragon could taste Kelley’s blood. Tasting like a fine hundred-year-old cognac, it was such an aphrodisiac that the beast kept pounding into his mate, holding him in place by the neck while absorbing the sensual gratification.

  Frederico was now feeling his mate’s emotions right along with his own. It was totally overwhelming. Kelley screamed so long and so hard, his voice merely stopped functioning. He cried out one more time as he came yet again. Frederico was so absorbed with all the new sensations, he was caught completely off guard, his release blindsiding into him.

  Kelley could actually hear the dragon in his mate, both roaring at the same time until they collapsed onto Kelley’s back, almost crushing him. Kelley thought he was hallucinating. He could have sworn he felt his mate’s release. He thought he felt Frederico’s emotions, but that couldn’t be.

  Frederico pulled his fangs from his lover, then licked the wound closed. He felt his dragon try to shift and come forth, but he pushed the beast back, back again, shoving it back into himself. When he finally felt his dragon calm, he rolled to his side removing his bulk from his now-bonded mate.

  The king was appalled at what he had done to his lover. His unruly beast had slipped its chains and slammed into poor Kelley so hard. Frederico waited for Kelley to tell him to leave or at least fetch a healer. He knew his little mate would never love him now. They were bonded to each other for better or for worse, so even if his mate didn’t want him, he would always see to his beloved’s needs. He lay quietly, waiting for Kelley to say something, anything.

  “Man, that’s what I call a most excellent fuck, king, baby! Wow.”

  “Are you saying you liked that? I hurt you, Kelley. Aren’t you angry with me?” Frederico was shocked at this response.

  “Angry for what? I can’t wait to do that again! You’re amazing. Now shut up and don’t ruin the moment I’m having,” Kelley said as he snuggled into Frederico’s arms.

  As Kelley lay there, he wondered if he’d ever be able to sit or walk again. With what he just had? He didn’t know and didn’t care if could he walk or not. His mate had claimed him. He would never be able to leave Frederico. He wasn’t sure how he felt about that right now. He didn’t care about anything. He’d just lay there in his big man’s arms. He smiled to himself that Frederico hadn’t said anything about counting his freckles, then drifted off to sleep.

  Frederico, on the other hand, was in a state of rapture. He had experienced sex with women many times in his long life and thought he pretty much
knew how it went, but he was wrong. Sex with his mate was on a whole new plane of existence. Never had he remotely experienced what being with one’s mate was like. The bond between them, the closeness. Being able to feel each other’s emotions, it was all too much to absorb.

  No wonder people went crazy over their mate. He had always wondered about that, wondered perhaps if people were just overreacting. No, no they weren’t. He knew that now. As he lay with his mate in his arms for the first time, drifting off to sleep, he was a totally happy man.

  Chapter Six

  The next morning started out well, Frederico thought. The two men laughed and talked as they had breakfast. However, after Frederico showered and redressed, it started taking a downhill slide.

  “Well, my love, when can we leave for Saibina? I hate to rush you, but I do have obligations to fulfill,” the king calmly stated as he finished his coffee.

  “Excuse me? You don’t expect me to drop everything and rush off to some country I know nothing about, do you? I do have a life here, you know.” Kelley started firing up his engines. The king could feel it from where he sat.

  “My love, I am sorry, but I must return home. I have several meetings I cannot cancel. You do understand that, don’t you?”

  “Of course I do. I can’t go with you just yet. You do understand that, don’t you?” Kelley looked at him.

  Frederico raised an eyebrow and made a fatal mistake in negotiations. “Why are you being difficult? We will have someone pack your things for you. They will close your affairs here. We have people for that task. You are now the king’s consort. You delegate tasks. You do not perform them yourself.”

  “I think you better leave now,” Kelley said with a deadly low voice.

  “Why would that be?” Frederico said with an equal shot across the bow.

  “The last argument we had lasted over three weeks. You do not appear to have that much time available for your consort.”