Page 93 of The Beta: Part Two
“I'm pretty sure Talia and Jasper will handle Devon. He doesn't stand a chance between the both of them,” I laugh.
Talia is standing at the top of the cliff with Nathan on one side and Jasper on the other. They're still holding hands. I can't believe I'm even thinking it, but it's pretty cute.
“Is Nathan alright? Talia mentioned that something happened,” I've been worried about Nathan since I saw him walk out of that compound. He looked like he'd been through hell, and almost like he was shell-shocked. It didn't affect his ability to fight, though, so I didn't say anything.
“He will be. He's a lot better than he was. He was really scared. He thought those fuckers had Jasper and were hurting him. Then he saw Seth and he kinda lost his shit. Talia got him back, though. And Jasper was there, too. He'll be alright, especially after he's got a bond with Talia. He's wanted it for a while. We all have.”
Then Nathan and Jasper yell as they all jump off the cliff at the same time.
Talia laughs the whole way down before she splashes into the lake.
Jasper breaks the surface first, followed by Nathan, who comes up for air laughing. Talia isn't up a few seconds later, and it has us all sitting up a little straighter. When she still doesn't come up for air after another few seconds Reid stands up and scans the water. The bottom is way too deep for her to have hit anything under the surface, but she should have been up by now.
Reid sits back down on the rock ledge, sagging a little.
Talia's dark head is bobbing behind Nathan. She swims up behind him and taps him on the shoulder, and squirts the water filling her cheeks into his face before she darts away cackling. Then I get to witness the joy of Talia playing in the water with Jasper and Nathan.
There is no winner, but Nathan eventually makes his way to sit on the rock with us.
“This was a great idea. Thank you for bringing us here,” he says, but he doesn't take his eyes off Jasper and Talia.
They're a bit away, but Jasper, at least, can reach bottom, and Talia is wrapped around him. I can see her mouth moving, and Jasper is a fabulous shade of pink. She must be telling him something absolutely wonderful.
“Are they always like that?” I ask. I haven't had much opportunity to see them together when they weren't under extreme stress.
“What? Perfect? Beautiful? Fucking hot?” Trent smirks. He's watching them, too.
They're kissing now, and I can tell from here that Jasper isn't the docile omega I thought he'd be.
“Yes, all of that,” I answer.
“Pretty much,” Nathan says. “They're all over each other all the time. You can't be in the same room with them without being hard. It's insane. Even if they're just cuddling and watching a movie.”
“Fuck off,” Trent splashes Nathan in the face, “the last time you were in the room with them for a movie you got to watch him fuck her AND you got your dick sucked. There was no cuddling.”
I groan, “I want to watch them fuck. Reid. Did you get to see them fuck?”
“I did not,” he's smiling. Reid is smiling. A real smile, a good one. “But,” he adds, “I intend to.”
“Maybe they'll let us all watch,” I suggest.
“It's more likely that they'll fuck each other whether any of us are in the room or not. When they want it, they won't stop because one of us is in the room. If anything, us being there just makes it hotter.” Trent is watching them a little harder now.
“Talia told me they wanted to tie one of us down and have their way with us,” Kaleb says.
I think about how that would be for about half a second before I'm yelling, “shotgun!” And I'm just a little bit quicker than Trent or Nathan. I might or might not be a little smug about it.
Talia and Jasper have pulled apart to stare over at us with bemused expressions.
“You don't get to pick!” Jasper shouts, “whatever it is, you don't get to decide it by yelling shotgun!” Then he goes back to nuzzling Talia's neck.
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Devon looks even better now than he did the last time I saw him. I know our systems work fast to heal us if we get hurt, but this is wild. Just a couple days ago he looked like he was two breaths away from dead. It was horrible. But now he looks like he actually could come home in the next few days like the doctors said. He's well enough that Jasper was able to climb up into the bed and carefully lay beside him and cuddle.
Devon keeps glancing over at Talia. Greedy ass. One omega fawning over him must not be enough, but to be fair, he was nearly dead and sheishis omega. I'd probably want both of them right next to me, too. She's sitting next to the bed reading over his chart.
“Stop looking at me,” she says without glancing at him, “it's putting enough pressure on you with Jasper in the bed. And my hair is wet.”
