Page 97 of The Beta: Part Two
She puts plates down for everyone else and they all wander in from wherever they were when she sent out the text about dinner.
“You're my omega.”
“I am. What's wrong?”
“Nothing.”
She quirks an eyebrow at me and tugs my earlobe.
That's when I know she can love me, too. She only tugs on Jasper's earlobes. I've seen her do it to Corso once or twice, and she touches Reid in odd places all the time, but I've never noticed her doing that stuff with any of the rest of us.
I eat dinner, but I'm not paying attention to the food I'm putting into my mouth.
Trent nudges me several times, and I finally mouthlaterto him. He nods, but he's still watching me really closely. Alex is hogging Jasper's attention like he has been for a few days. He's working up to trying to fuck him. Jasper asked me and Trent about it because he thought he was either going crazy or misunderstanding. Now that he knows what Alex is doing, he's enjoying the attention. I'm glad, too. I didn't want to pressure him, but I was hoping he'd have more than a pack bond with the others.
Jasper and Corso seem to have an understanding, though. He's Corso's omega because Corso said so, and that's fine, but their combined focus is solely on Talia. I watched them tag team her yesterday. She was bombarded by both of those smooth fuckers. Jasper could charm the scales off a snake, and apparently Corso is the same way. By the time they were done with her she was clinging to both of them and didn't know what to do with herself. They were both enormously pleased with themselves.
Talia is sitting between Corso and Reid. Yesterday she sat between me and Trent. Jasper moves around, too. It's going to work out. Nobody is going to be greedy with anybody else. Devon is going to be home soon. And everything is going to be alright.
Once dinner is done and cleaned up, Jasper decrees that it's going to be movie night, and that we will be having movie night at least once a week. Everyone is more than happy to have as many movie nights as he wants, as long as he doesn't pick the movie every time. Which is fine, until everyone realizes that he'll probably end up picking the movie, anyway. So, horrible horror or awful anime it is until someone cares enough to present a better option. The point of movie night isn't the movie, anyway. It's so we can all pile together on the couches with blankets and snacks.
Chapter thirty-three
Nathan
I'm sitting on the floor between Talia's legs and she's brushing my hair. It might be one of the most relaxing experiences I've ever had. I'm purring and it has nothing to do with anybody's pleasure except my own.
“This is amazing,” I murmur.
“Want me to braid it?”
I nod and turn my head to put a kiss on her knee. She starts pulling and weaving, and when she's finished I have two fancy braids hanging over my shoulders. “Can we do that again sometime?”
“I'll braid your hair for you whenever you want.” Then she bends down and runs her nose up the back of my neck, making me shiver. Jasper announces that he's going to bed, and he drags Kaleb with him.
“Would you like to go to bed, Nathan?” Talia breathes into my ear.
I turn back to look at her, “yeah?”
“Yep.”
“Can Trent come?”
“If he wants to.”
Trent wants to of course.
We follow Talia upstairs with Alex calling, “we don't break our toys,” as we leave.
Talia's dresser is covered in jars and cups of wildflowers. Some are wilting, some are fresh. Alex gives her a new bunch every day. It makes me feel like an asshole. She's bent over rummaging through the bottom drawer for something and I can't tear my eyes away from her ass. That also makes me feel like an asshole.
Trent flops back onto the bed behind where I'm sitting and tucks his hands behind his head. “Your bed is more comfortable than mine or Jasper's.”
“It's new. You have to break it in,” Talia smirks, setting him up to make a comment about how he'd like to break it in. He doesn't miss his cue.
“You're welcome to climb into it anytime you want, darlin.”
“Maybe next time. We're in my bed tonight,” she smiles and strips off her shirt.
