extraordinary creature so beautiful and dangerous it took his breath away. And yet Jasper was willing to lay aside all that ferociousness and let him say who he wanted instead of forcing the outcome.
But Elias. His first and best love. He’d been afraid Elias wouldn’t be enough for him, but he knew better now. His omega had reacted to Elias, had recognized him as Alpha.
Jack Henry’s heat rose higher. He didn’t have enough clarity of mind to choose between bags of chips at the Quickie Mart. How could he possibly choose which of these three amazing alphas should claim him? And how could he walk away from the other two?
ELIAS
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“Elias?”
For a heart-stopping moment, Elias thought Jack Henry was choosing him. But Jack Henry had said his name more as a question than an answer and more as a plea than a question.
“Jackie.” He used his childhood nickname for Jack Henry, offering comfort. He could smell the omega strongly, knew the heat had him in its grips. Confusion filled Jack Henry’s eyes even as they went wide and dark. “It’s too much for you right now, isn’t it?”
He opened his arms, and Jack Henry crashed into them—a hot, damp bundle of sexual energy. Jack Henry couldn’t be expected to make such an important decision in this condition. He would spend the rest of his life living with the results just because his body needed to get fucked tonight. It wasn’t fair or right.
“What if,” Elias said over Jack Henry’s head to the other two. “What if none of us claimed him?”
“He’s suffering.” Saul dug his fingers into the bark of the limb he was sitting on, as if he were holding himself in place by sheer will.
“He definitely needs a good fucking,” Jasper drawled. He was impressive splayed out like that, his body so toned and hard. Elias was hard too, but his cock wasn’t just hanging out in the open, though he wished it were. Or better yet, that it was in Jack Henry’s ass. He swallowed, reminding himself he’d been making a point.
“Yes, he needs a good fucking. But he doesn’t need to be claimed, not right this minute. That can wait until his heat has died down enough that he’s in his right mind. The alpha he wants to be fucked by tonight might not be the one he wants to spend the rest of his life with.”
Jasper snorted. “You would say that. Because you know you’re not the one he wants to be fucked by.”
“And you know you’re not the one he wants to spend the rest of his life with.”
“Guys,” Saul said. “Alphas don’t have to be so black and white.”
“Because you’re grey?” Jasper asked. “Nice enough for the living room but strong enough for the bedroom? You know what I think? I think you’d just as soon get fucked yourself as do the fucking. You might be able to satisfy Jack Henry, but who’s going to satisfy you?”
Saul pressed his lips together tightly and cast his gaze in another direction. Did that mean Jasper was right? Did Saul want someone to fuck him? Elias shook the question off. It wasn’t relevant. Unless…
“How about this? Jasper can take care of Saul, and I’ll take care of Jack Henry.”
“Wouldn’t mind taking care of Saul,” Jasper said, running his hand lightly over his cock. Saul looked away even harder. “But I’m not giving Jack Henry up. Some occasional alpha ass is a pleasure, but I’ll always choose omega ass.
“Omega ass,” Saul repeated reproachfully. “Do you really think you deserve Jack Henry, talking about him like that?”
“He likes it, don’t you, baby?” Jasper tugged on Jack Henry’s arm, and Jack Henry left Elias to go to him. He crawled over Jasper’s body, aiming for that big, hard cock with hungry eyes and a trace of drool at the corner of his lips.
“He might like you saying it tonight,” Elias said, “but he’s not going to like it tomorrow.”
“Then I won’t say it tomorrow. How about you two go away now? Jack Henry’s made his choice.”
Elias was ready to concede. What else could he do? If he stuck around, he was going to find himself watching Jack Henry swallow Jasper’s cock. Not that he was exactly averse to that. Watching Jack Henry suck Jasper off was as close as he was likely to get to being sucked off himself, and Jasper had a nice cock. Elias couldn’t really blame Jack Henry for choosing it.
He palmed his own cock through his