I don’t see Talia’s eye roll, but I feel it just the same.
 
 Chapter twenty-one
 
 Alex
 
 I did not expect Jasper's heat to affect me the way it has. I knew it would, obviously. He's an omega, of course his heat would affect me. I just thought that it was so intense last time because it was Talia, too. But this...this is completely different from what I expected. And, for all my banter and bullshit, I don't know that Jasper and I really want or need to take our relationship to the level that me climbing into his nest without a clear goal would elevate us to. I like Jasper. I might even adore his cute little ass; and it is cute. I definitely enjoy looking at him, no doubt. But enjoying the scenery and talking about it are not the same thing as taking a trip through the mountains.
 
 Talia wouldn't mind. Jesus, she's basically encouraging it. Her hormones are wild right now. She's going in and out of the nest a few times a day. She needs to check in on him as much as he needs to see and smell her. Kaleb says this is a normal heat for Jasper, not like the synced heat where he was completely coherent the whole time. The waves seem to be hitting him harder this time, whereas during the synced heat Talia was battered while he was coasting above them.
 
 Corso has steered completely clear of Jasper's room. Reid has been in and out of the nest due to the bond he has with Jasper. I asked him if it felt different than it did with Talia and he said, and I quote, “Jasper is a softer pull, but no less intense. His need calls to me at a different frequency”. That makes perfect sense, and at the same time sounds like some high-quality bullshit.
 
 “How much longer do you think he'll go?” I ask Talia when she comes out onto the porch and sits next to me on the swing.
 
 “Two days, tops. He's over the worst of it. How are you handling it? Corso seems to be immune, for lack of a better word. Reid has a bond so he needs to be with him.”
 
 I set us to swinging before I answer. “My balls hurt and I want to fuck. I don't want Jasper to feel like I, as an alpha, don't want to care for him; but I want to care for him in different ways. And when I went in to check on him earlier he was more concerned with bitching at me for leaving you alone than my dick, so there's that.”
 
 Talia laughs at me. Laughs her ass off. “I can help with your poor balls, and we can definitely fuck. You and Jasper might eventually have a sexual relationship and you can fuck him, too. But in the meantime, he's happy the way things are. And I don't think helping him through a heat spike like you did is the same thing as helping him through his actual heat.”
 
 We listen to the swing creek and the crows yell for a while. The sun is shining and it isn't cold, but it's heading that way. The leaves have all changed to oranges and reds, and a lot of the trees are bare already. “I think it's time to bring the quilt back out for when we sit out here. Especially at night.” That brings back memories from when she was here before. One of my favorite things was to get handsy underneath the big, thick quilt that we keep folded on the swing in the colder months. I liked the way the sounds I could get her to make echoed off the manor. If the others were out with us, it was a game to see how long I could play with her under the blanket before it was glaringly obvious.
 
 “You just want to finger me on the porch. You don't need a blanket for that. I'll start wearing skirts, you know, just in case.”
 
 I pull a few strands of her hair and turn her so that she's leaning against my side and I have full access to the front of her body, which I take full advantage of. The first thing I do is reach under her sweatshirt, actually I think it's Trent's sweatshirt, and run my hands across her breasts. They're already swollen and sensitive, and her nipples are almost always drawn up into hardened peaks. “I love your tits. I can't wait to see them full of milk, and dripping.”
 
 “How very taboo, Alex.”
 
 I purr, fuck that's going to be so sexy. “It isn't as taboo as you think. I love the idea of seeing milk dripping from your nipples. I hope I get to taste it. Just a little.”
 
 “My sister says that her breasts leak milk like a goddamned faucet when she fucks her alphas. She says she has to wear a bra with pads every second or it's a huge fucking mess.”
 
 I'm going to have to stop wearing jeans altogether. If Talia starts leaking milk everywhere when I'm fucking her I don't think I'll be able to control myself. “No bras. I want to see it.”
 
 “You don't have to do the laundry,” she gasps when I push my hand into the waistband of her leggings to rub her clit in little circles. It's swollen, too. And she's so wet. So wet all the time. It's almost torture to know she's walking around so puffy and soaked and needy.
 
 “You like doing the laundry,” I kiss her temple as her hips start moving with my fingers. “You know what else I was thinking about?”
 
 “Hmm?”
 
 “Remember when I said I could get you a strap and you could fuck Jasper?”
 
 “Yes,” she answers, but her eyes are closed, chasing the orgasm I'm slowly leading her towards.
 
 I dip a finger inside her and bring it back to her clit, changing from circles to slow back and forth strokes. “Do you think he'd like that? I think I really want to see it.”
 
 “Don't stop, Alex, please,” she sighs, and grabs hold of my wrist. “Just like that, fuck, that feels so good.” She gets lost in her pleasure for a minute before she remembers to answer my question. “I think he'd like almost anything I did to him. Too bad I don't have one now, I could go give you a show.”
 
 Groaning into her hair, I push two fingers inside her and pump them in and out a few times, intending to keep building this until she cums all over my hand. Then I'm going to lean her over the banister and fuck her good and hard. I want to hear her cries bounce off the trees. But she suddenly jerks my hand out of her pants and stands up. “Come on. Let's go.”
 
 “What? Where? I had a plan. You're ruining my plan.”
 
 She smirks at me and says, “you can fuck me later, I'll definitely need you to. We're going to see exactly how much Jasper would enjoy me fucking him like that. It'll just be a visual, but it's going to be so fucking hot. And now's the perfect time because the guys aren't completely gone to rut. God, I can't wait to see how they react.”
 
 “Wait!” I call, but she's already through the door. “Wait a minute,” I hiss, chasing her up the stairs. “Is this a bad idea during his heat? What if Devon or Kaleb get pissed off?”
 
 “They won't. And if they do, you'll be right there to save me.”
 
 Well, at least she knows I'll protect her if this goes badly. I could stop it right now, but I'm enough of a pervert that I really want to see what happens. “Should we get Corso?”