Chapter 20

“No.” Laughing as he picked me up and carried me into the apartment, I wrapped my arms around him and shook my head. “I don’t need to go to Paris. You’re romantic enough right here.”

We were going to have to work on his internet habits.

“I have read that it is a very romantic city, my Theo.” Stroking his limbs over me, he gave me a good hint about what he meant by romantic. “You would like romance and I will walk you around the large tower where I will tell you about our human marriage plans.”

Tell me about them, huh?

Not sure if I wanted to shake my head or laugh, I couldn’t hold back a grin. “How about you just hold me tight here and tell me about them now? We’re already mates after all.”

I really should’ve taken Nicholas more seriously when he said what that word meant to them.

Making one of his cute thinking sounds, Jerker cocked his head and looked adorably thoughtful and slightly skeptical. “Humans do things differently.”

I had a feeling he’d practiced his expression in front of the mirror but I wasn’t going to point that out. “But you’re not human and I know that.”

Instead of agreeing with me, he made another soft thinking hum and stroked one tentacle over my head as he walked us into the bedroom. “What do you know, my Theo?”

I had a feeling that wasn’t just a simple question to him, so I cuddled into him and took it very seriously. “I’m going to think for a moment, Master.”

He liked that answer, making a pleased sound as he settled us onto the bed, with me straddling several of his limbs as he snuggled me against his torso. “I will be patient, my Theo. Thank you for explaining your silence.”

Being patient seemed to mean not pushing for words, but it didn’t mean keeping his limbs to himself because they kept caressing over me. It was wonderfully distracting, but I did my best to think about what he’d meant and not what I wanted him to do to me.

What did I know?

Letting the ideas and images float around in my head, I closed my eyes and let out a deep breath as his tentacles massaged and loved on me.

He was good at taking care of me like that.

He was good at taking care of me in a lot of different ways.

“I know that you show me how special I am by doing things for me and giving me lots of hugs and physical affection.” Sure, he was fabulous at giving me orgasms, but it was more than that. “You always know when I want hugs and to be carried, and you’re amazing when you carry me around when you’re making dinner.”

That might not have been the most human place to start, but his limbs tightened around me and he made a quiet, happy sound.

Hearing that I was on the right track made it easier to keep going and not feel stupid.

“I know that you were worried about upsetting me when we first met but you took very good care of me and you made sure I wasn’t scared.” It was probably all his leadership training but he was very good in those kinds of situations.

He never made anything worse and I wasn’t sure I had too many people in my life I could say that about.

“I know that you’re always looking for different ways to take care of me. Just things like learning to cook and going grocery shopping are ways you take care of me.” Rubbing my cheek against him, I sighed as his limbs started tightening around me in a wavy, massage-like motion.

“You took over all the hard things and made them easier. I get more sleep and you make sure I’m not worn out at the end of the day.” He even made sure I was clean every night because he’d read an article online that said humans slept better when they were clean and had a routine.

So he’d made sure I had one.

“You make me feel happy.” That might’ve been what it really boiled down to. “Most people in my life haven’t made me happy and I’m very grateful that you do, Master.”

Yeah, that was what I knew…but what about him?

“What do you know, Master?” My question didn’t seem to surprise him but his limbs moved faster over me and he made his thinking sounds, so I was very good and was patient too.

I didn’t have the right limbs to give him wavy hugs or the range of motion to do much since he had me pinned against him. However, I could take deep breaths and aim happy thoughts at my mate. That was definitely a good option, though, because it made his sounds go deeper and his tentacles hugged me tighter again.

Yeah, that’d definitely been the right way to be patient.

“I know that you have given me a purpose I craved, my Theo.” A smaller tentacle stroked over my head almost absentmindedly and his nubs combed through my hair sending shivers through me.

He made a quiet, happy sound but didn’t get distracted. “I know you have made me complete in a way that humans cannot understand. I am…I am me now and you have given me that.”

Humming softly, he kept teasing my hair and massaging my scalp. “We are a species that is apart but is not meant to be alone. It is…there is a word that means emotional pain but I cannot find a human word that is right. You have taken that away and have given me the purpose I have long wanted.”

Part of me was trying to point out that I wasn’t supposed to be his purpose in life but I took great satisfaction in pushing it away and telling it to shut up.

Jerker wasn’t human.

Best sentence ever.

“We are meant to have purpose and caretake.” Jerker went back to combing a tentacle through my hair, making soft sounds when he sent tingly pleasure through me. “We were meant to find our mates and to grow through caretaking. There is no happiness in being alone, my Theo. You have given me happiness.”

Nodding against him as my eyes prickled, I took a deep breath and hugged him as best I could. “I like making you happy, Master, and I like being your mate.”

His limbs rippled over me again, tender and loving as he held me tight. “You are a wonderful mate, my Theo. I would be very happy to marry you in the human way. I will show everyone that I have claimed you and that you have given yourself to me.”

I couldn’t resist the laughter that bubbled out of me. “Yes, Master. I’ll marry you.”

We were going to have to talk about what he thought a wedding looked like, though. But for the time being, I had a different topic in mind for us to discuss.

Celebrating our engagement.

Turning my head, I opened my eyes and kissed his torso, working my way over to one of his smaller tentacles with my limited range of movement. I didn’t make it to the tip like I’d been planning, but I licked the underside and teased some of his nubs. “Master…it’s too far away.”

He knew exactly what I wanted, using the end of his tentacle to caress around my jaw and to tap my nose. “My Theo, it is right there. What do you mean?”

Barely holding back laughter, I wiggled against his increasingly tight hold and tried to catch it with my lips as he flicked it out and tapped my chin that time. “Master…”

Making thinking sounds and trying to look innocent and confused, he even cocked his head. “I do not understand the problem, my Theo.”

Someone had been teaching him how to tease.

“The problem is that I want to make you feel good, Master.” Yes, I liked his happy sounds and I liked sucking, so it would be a win-win situation as far as I was concerned.

“That does not provide enough pleasure for both of us, my Theo.” His tentacles rippled over me, and before I could disagree with him, one came down and spanked my ass over my clothes. As I moaned, he made a low, pleased sound. “Yes, that provides us both with much physical happiness.”

There wasn’t even time for me to figure out if I wanted to get my way or not before he started taking off my clothes and moving me around like a doll. As soon as my shoes and socks were off, some of his smaller tentacles slid under my shirt and pants, already wanting to tease me before he’d even gotten me naked.

As he stretched me out across his lap, I managed a moan and tried to thrust my dick up and get more friction against his tentacle, but he wasn’t letting me move any further than that. Which just made me moan again, honestly.

I loved being trapped and he knew it.

“This will provide mutual pleasure for both of us, my mate.” He made a happy sound as he got my pants off and another tentacle wrapped around the base of my dick like a cock ring. “You give off so many wonderful emotions, my Theo.”

His goal was definitely to get more of the wonderful emotions he was creating because one thinned-out tentacle flicked against the head of my trapped dick and sent sparks firing through me. “Yes, very good, my mate.”

The constant praise for just getting turned on and reacting only made my body want to get even more turned on.

He gave me the best ways of making him happy.

“How should I please my mate?” It was definitely a rhetorical question to fuck with me, but my brain flooded with every wonderful suggestion it could find. “Hmm, you enjoyed that question, my mate.”

Oh yeah.

One thinned-out tentacle started making circles around my hole and another slapped at the head of my dick again, sending fireworks of pleasure and pain through me. He was utterly delighted at the way my breath got caught in my throat and the incredible sensations showering through me. “Beautiful.”

That was not how I would’ve described it, but I didn’t have enough working brains to figure out another word.

“What curious things did your human brain find, my Theo?” Tickling my slit, he made a happy sound when I whimpered and shook. “Humans are very creative but you are even better, my mate.”

His sweet praise came with an inch of tentacle slipping inside me and made me whine for more. “Yes, I am sure your brain found interesting options. Tell me, my Theo.”

Master wanted to hear me talk dirty to him.

Tuning out everything around me, I focused on his words and his order. “I…I love it when I feel you inside me, Master. You keep me trapped so good. I love being under your control.”

It was terrible as far as real dirty talk went, but he loved hearing that I loved his favorite ways of driving me insane.

“You respond well to being immobile, my mate.” Master’s limbs tightened around me and spread my legs wider, sending a rush of desire through me as he made me feel so exposed I wanted to orgasm right then. “And displayed. You like being displayed, my Theo.”

There was no reason to deny it when I knew how easily he could read me, but nodding and having to admit how much I loved it had just enough humiliation running through me that it made it even more incredible.

“Human reactions.” Master chuckled and the tone of his voice said he found my mix of emotions to be adorable. “Tell me more. How should I enjoy your pleasures? Do you want additional penetration, my submissive mate?”

Yes.

I managed to make my head nod but it took me a second to get more of me to work. “Yes, please. Thick and hard and fast and…”

His tentacle slipped deeper inside me, cutting my words off as I moaned. That in itself was perfect, but as my body fought to take more and his hold on me tightened again, it gave me a rush of submission.

“Yes, good boy, my mate.” Whatever he felt from the tingly warmth flooding through me had him making soft, pleased sounds and he flicked the head of my dick again, the perfect reward to push me even closer to oblivion. “Submit and feel. Give me your emotions, my mate.”

That was all he wanted…to feel me.

“Tighter. Please, Master. It—” The words disappeared as he fulfilled my plea and his hold went from tight to immobile. “That’s…”

So good.

My eyes nearly rolled back in my head the first time I tried to fight against him and the rush that went through me had both of us making sexy sounds. Master was thoroughly enjoying himself, but only he had the ability to make words work. “Your pleasure is so strong, my Theo. Give me more. Try again and feel how you belong to me.”

I was his.

I tried to give him what he wanted but I could barely move, and as I struggled, the pleasure wave hit me again. As I moaned, he let out a pleased chuckle and a deep breath. “Yes, so much happiness, my mate.”

He had the best definition of happiness.

“We can create more, my Theo.” More meant making the cock-like tentacle inside me even wider and sinking it deeper.

It was almost too much too soon but he slapped the head of my dick again and suddenly everything was too much and too good. I’d have come but his homemade cock ring kept it at bay, leaving me shaking. “Not yet, my Theo. I have not heard all of your pleasure requests.”

The thick tentacle inside me started making short thrusts right over my prostate and that just added another level of crazy to all the sensations whirling around in me. He had to have known how hard the words were but I struggled through the weight of everything.

Master wanted the words.

It was just that simple.

“My cock. Again. I.” Sucking in a breath, I tried to make sure he knew what I wanted, but Master was psychic because his whip-like tentacle smacked the head again.

I could hear myself cry out but it was far away and sounded muffled from the distance. As it faded, the only thing that kept me grounded was the incredible hold he had on every inch of me. “Master…”

Words.

He wanted words.

Enough words and I could come.

“Yes, my Theo. Good boy.”

I got praise for words.

Praise meant orgasms and pleasure and love and cuddles and…

“Lightning, Master.” Yes, the lightning would make me come. “Please.”

Spanking my dick again, Master started fucking me harder and I was so close to flying the world was spinning around me. “Let me hear your words again, my submissive human. Let me hear your plea.”

God.

More words.

Yes, more words…more pleasure.

I wanted more pleasure.

“Please, Master. I need you.” One last whip-like smack to my cock had the world exploding around me as it lit up like I’d never felt before.

Whips and lightning and hugs and…

When reality tuned back in, Master had me snuggled against his body and his limbs were softly caressing over me. “My mate?”

He wasn’t exactly worried but I knew he needed reassurance. Part of me imagined hugging him tight, but my muscles weren’t going to cooperate that much so I tried for words. That wasn’t much better, so I settled for aiming happy thoughts at Jerker.

He made a soft laughing sound and a tentacle stroked over my cheek, making me realize my eyes were still closed.

There he was.

“My Theo.” Still running his limbs over me, he leaned down and kissed my forehead. “That is how mates show innocent pleasure and happiness.”

He was so cute.

“I like forehead kisses.” Hey, words. “You can tell me you love me too.”

Grasping at words that were just randomly floating through my head was so exhausting my eyes closed again, but Master was worth the effort. Trying again as his limbs snuggled me closer, I was proud of myself when I caught a few.

I was the best sub ever.

“Because I love you and you’re the best mate. You’re going to be the best husband too because you’re…” Shoot they wandered off. No. There they were. “You’re the best Dom ever.”

“You are the best submissive human ever and require the best Dominant partner.” He ran a soft tentacle down my cheek, making me realize I was smiling. “You are the best mate and will be the best submissive husband as well.”

“The best. We’re both. You’re so.” So good at making me so tired. “I love date nights, Master.”

And I loved him.

And I loved lightning.

Why had I been so worried about so much pleasure?

Why had I been worried about so much wonderful submission?

There was nothing to worry about…I was his mate. I was his submissive. I was his Theo.