Page 56 of The Beta: Part Two
“That's not all I'm going to be inside of, sweet pea,” he smirks at me.
“Nowthatmakes me feel better. Please don't be serious all the time, Alex. I'm counting on you and Trent to keep me sane.”
Alex explodes with laughter. “Me and Trent are the ones keeping you sane? We're the biggest assholes in the bunch.”
I was half way joking about him being inside my head by morning, but I don't think he's joking about what he said. It wasn't exactly my plan to fuck all three of them and let both Reid and Alex mark me within twenty-four hours of being back at the manor, but I'm not opposed. It was going to happen anyway, after all.
I've only just come out of my heat, I thought I'd be sore and tender and utterly sick of sex. But that isn't the case at all. I wanted Corso and Reid this afternoon, and I want Alex tonight. My brand new libido is unbelievable. The quicker healing factor that comes with being an omega is definitely a perk, considering all the attention my pussy is going to be getting.
Apparently I've been staring at Alex the entire time I've been contemplating all the sex I've been having and want to have. I'm not sure what my face looks like, but he is smirking pretty hard. “Finish your dinner, sweetheart. I'll put you to bed. I'll even read you a story. I've been collecting ones I think you'd like since you've been gone. Now that you're back home, I can read to you every night.”
I smile at him, but a slow wave of sadness washes through me. I have read to Jasper until he fell asleep so many times. It's only been a day, and I just saw him on our call earlier, but I miss him.
“What happened just now? You were having fun with me and then you got sad. I don't have to tuck you in, you know I'd never do anything you don't want.” Alex reaches over and pulls my braid.
“That's not the problem,” Reid says, and pulls out his phone. A few seconds later Jasper is on the line. Reid turns the screen so I can see Jasper.
“What's wrong, baby? Are you alright?” He's in his bed leaning back against Devon.
“Nothing. I just got a little sad. I'm fine.” Now that he's on the phone, and Devon is looking at me like he's scrutinizing every single detail, I feel more than a little silly for being sad.
“I was worried that would happen. You're only two days out of your first heat. You know what a mess I am for a few days after. You're supposed to be a little emotional, it's normal. Are they not taking care of you?” Jasper fusses. He's right, it is normal for an omega to be extra emotional for a few days after their heat.
Devon's eyes are burning a hole into me. Then I realize what he's staring at. The new mark Reid left front and center on my neck. Jasper is looking at it, too.
“They're taking care of me. I'm fine, I just missed you a little. I'm fine, really.”
“Three. That's three fine's. What do you need, Talia?” Devon asks, his voice firm.
I shrug. I don't know what I need. I just missed Jasper.
Then he smiles at me through the screen, “Jasper is here with me. I'm taking care of him. I even made that fancy omega tea. Do you have fancy omega tea there?”
I shake my head.
“That's alright, you can order a whole case of it. Get two. Whose mark is that?”
Devon is being...sweet. To me. Not in a frantic, save-the-omega way; in an I'll-take-care-of-you way. I might hate that. I'll definitely hate it if it makes me cry.
I square my shoulders and take a breath before I answer. “Reid's.” I feel like someone is going to be angry with me, which is absurd. The entire point of me leaving the farmhouse to come here is because it would be too awful for me to be away from Corso. I just didn't think it would be this horrible to be away from Jasper.
Jasper calls out for Alex, and instead of taking the phone so he can speak with Jasper, he walks around the table to stand behind my chair and leans over me. “Yes, Jasper?”
“Are you planning on marking Talia tonight?”
“We were just discussing that very thing.” He runs his nose up the side of my neck and Jasper smiles when I shiver.
“I think you should. It will help. Then all of you sleep in her bed. That will help, too.” Then he turns his pretty green eyes back on me. “It's only a couple more days. We've got just a bit more packing to do, we might even head up a day early if Trent will get off his ass. You'll feel better once you have a bond with all three of them. Then, once we get there, everyone else can mark you. I can't wait to see it. I've been fantasizing about you and Kaleb for months.”
I might be blushing, but I feel better.
“What do you think, sweetheart? Think you'll feel better after I put my mark on you and then we all crowd into your bed for the night? I might like to see Kaleb take you, too. He's a big fucker, and you're so tiny. He might not fit.”
I elbow him in the ribs. If I was in a position to stomp on his foot I might do that, too. “Pervert.”
“Fuck yeah, I'm a pervert. And I can't wait to get my hands on you again.”
Devon isn't joking, though. “Kaleb is big. But he would never hurt you.”
