His Human (The New Neighbors #2) - M.A. Innes Page 0,49

safe to reduce your airflow or the ways that it might be introduced during sexual or domination play?” The way he said it was so cute I had to fight the urge to laugh.

“I think this is enough. I like the idea of being surprised by it at some point.” He hadn’t done anything so far that was too much, so I didn’t have any fear of him pushing past my limits. He’d probably know before I would that something was starting to make me uncomfortable.

“Very good.” I got another pat on the head. “I will do my best to appropriately introduce restricting your airflow.”

I giggled. “You might not want to talk about making me unconscious quite that way in front of other people. They might get the wrong idea.”

When he nodded, I relaxed back against him as he responded. “Yes, it would be better if I explained it was designed to be erotic in nature and not like one of your murder mystery shows.”

He actually shivered. “You have a variety of ways to inventively kill one another.”

Okay, we’d found something Maverick was afraid of.

“I think we don’t need to be watching that kind of thing.” No point in scaring my Master. “There are a lot of other things on TV.”

Porn, for one thing…and when we added in bad sci-fi movies and romantic comedies, there were tons of fun things to veg out on.

“I think that is best. You fear quite easily, so I do not want to damage you.”

The stairs.

I was afraid of him carrying me up the fucking stairs.

I killed bugs and dug weird things out of drains and even killed roaches that had come pouring out of an old house when I’d been changing out the toilet.

I was badass.

I just didn’t want to be carried up the stairs…but after sensing my fear firsthand, there was no way he was ever going to move past it.

They seemed to imprint like ducklings.

I was going to have to be careful about freaking out over something silly in the future. I could just see it…the fridge makes a weird noise that scares the hell out of me and suddenly we had to get rid of it.

“Probably a good idea.” I kissed his chest. “Thank you for thinking of me, Master.”

Hopefully he hadn’t noticed how stressful the news was some days. I’d never be able to watch the nightly news again if he paid enough attention to it.

One tentacle stroked over my head. “I shall attempt to take very good care of you.”

“You’ve always taken very good care of me.” Kissing his chest again, I took advantage of being able to move and reached over to pull at the comforter on the bed.

“Are you cold?” His limbs started moving around the bed.

“I was fine when you were wrapped around me. But my ass is cold now.” I found myself giggling, even though it probably wasn’t as funny as I thought it was. I might have been just a tad bit tired.

Maverick wrapped the other side of the comforter over me. “There you go.”

I smiled as I felt him kiss my head. “Thank you, Master.”

Between his early hours and work and the effort it had taken not to melt into a puddle of sexually charged goo at the dinner table, I was exhausted.

“You are welcome, my little…my Trip.” I knew from Cameron his change had been deliberate, but I smiled.

“I’m your little human, Master. You can’t change it now.” Him using that style of nickname should have probably rung a few bells to begin with.

He chuckled. “Yes, I am afraid I will not be able to easily switch.”

Still smiling, I glanced up at him. “Is that one of the signs that you’ve started bonding?”

Maverick shrugged. “It has always been a conscious decision between those who would choose to be partners, so I am unsure. What I will say, however, is that I do not regret starting the bonding process. You are the perfect mate and I cannot imagine finding anyone else I would like to care for.”

Aww.

Stretching as close as I could with his tight hold, I kissed him gently and snuggled close. “You’re exactly the kind of Dom and partner I’ve always wanted.”

I was always too curious for my own good. “Would you have bonded with any sub you ran into or dated?”

He was quiet for a moment. “I do not believe so. I met several humans, like Nolan, who seemed to be submissive, but they did not cause a pull in