Total pages in book: 53
Estimated words: 51003 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 255(@200wpm)___ 204(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 51003 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 255(@200wpm)___ 204(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
“I get excited and things just go wrong.” Very wrong. “But you don’t do that. I know you guys are trustworthy and honest about what you want. I read books.”
Books that were clearly a lot more accurate than I’d realized.
“I have seen your books, my Colby. You have read accurate books based on our domination-based relationships with humans.” Saint didn’t seem to think that was pushing my weird limits around our current conversation, but he also didn’t try to go any further. “Acknowledging that is acceptable.”
So we were done?
I waited to see what would happen next, but he seemed content and that was kind of unnerving if I was being honest.
But since he was honest, I probably had to be too.
“Are you going to write a book about us someday?” Ignoring that I was the one pushing my own limits, I focused on his happy sound.
“Me?” He seemed surprised by that but he didn’t let it distract him from whatever made him head out of the kitchen without a second thought. “I am not a writer of human relationship fiction.”
“I don’t know…” My teasing tone got another bubbly sound from him. “You have a good imagination and you like reading all those dirty books on relationship fiction. You’re even in monster groups.”
Dirty ones.
Were there boring ones?
Fuck. I’d given myself more questions to look up.
Chapter 16
Colby
I wasn’t going to ask if he needed help carrying anything…or if he thought I’d brought too much, but that was because he had more limbs than I did and nearly all of it had been his idea.
It also seemed to be the Dom’s job to carry shit.
When I’d tried, he’d looked at me like it was the strangest thing he’d ever seen. Then he’d very carefully taken everything out of my hands and patted me on the head.
“You moving in?” Human helper dude was still hanging out or maybe he’d come back…either way, he was at his post and had given up trying to take his job seriously.
“My human is visiting. We are not rushing.” Saint shrugged a few tentacles as helper guy tried not to laugh. “Human limits are fascinating.”
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
There was a difference between negotiating spankings and when we could move in together.
“If you bring your human down tomorrow mid-morning, I’ll get him a badge so he can come and go as he pleases.” Human helper guy managed not to laugh that time. “For when he comes to visit.”
Saint seemed to agree with him because he gave a dramatic human sigh. “Yes, daily visits the humans label as sleepovers.”
I was starting to see why Saint liked human helper guy.
They were both ridiculous.
“I have to check my mail and do stuff at my place once in a while.” So it couldn’t be daily sleepovers with Saint. “Thank you for your help with the badge.”
Being polite got a smile from Saint but human helper guy chuckled. “You’re welcome.”
Brat.
“My Colby, your body is hungry. Is there a specific meal you would like to consume? No. Eat. Is there a specific meal you would like to eat?” Saint wrapped one tentacle around me and looked like he wanted to pout.
It was probably the not carrying me thing, so I snuggled closer and ignored all the shit he was holding. “Nothing comes to mind right off the bat. Right away, I mean. Is there anything you would like?”
“Specific food cravings seem to appear more strongly in humans and are often based around nutritional deficiencies. However, there is nothing I must eat at the moment.” Herding me into the elevator, Saint made a cute thinking sound. “Our options are a restaurant, to eat in our dining facilities, or to make a meal in our kitchen.”
He didn’t seem to be leaning one way or another, but kind of shrugged when he looked down at the bags. “While I have what is labeled as basics, I do not think we have the ingredients for a proper meal.”
“Probably not.” But I’d fix that at some point. “Let’s do the dining hall. I’d like to start getting to know more people here.”
Because that was important when visiting.
“The human need to nest and to get to know the neighbors. Yes.” He said it like it was a strangely human thing. “My people do not have the same instincts, however, they are rubbing off on us.”
“I don’t think that’s a bad thing to have picked up from humans.” There were a lot of other stupid things they could’ve learned from us. But luckily, they were really smart and the only thing they seemed to get addicted to were their mates.
“Our civilizations are surprisingly compatible, my Colby.” When he finally got to the door, Saint actually let me open it and I still couldn’t help smiling when I could just walk right inside.
No crime meant no locks.