Page 168 of Ruled By The Alpha

“I know, friends. I know.” Clarence chuckled at his own expense, but Jacob caught a hint of anger behind the genial smile. “But it is true. And as we approached this little lady who had invaded our savage wolf-boy’s domain, I scented the most amazing fragrance that I have ever smelled in mylife.”

Silence. Clarence swept his gaze from one side of the tent to the other, and Jacob felt the anticipation rising in the room.

“An omega,” Clarence whispered. “Her sweet scent caused my cock to become rock-hard in seconds. She filled my lungs. Even in the dark of night, everything looked brighter. More alive. There are several alphas, including the wolf-boy, who travel with us. We were all entranced by her mere presence.

“Anomega,” he breathed it out again, and every alpha in the room was caught up in his story.

“When she realized we were watching her, she tried to slip out of the cage to run back into the forest, but the wolf-boy, not wanting to let his companion go, snagged her by the ankle so that she was hanging outside of the bars, unable to get away.” Clarence drew himself up to his full height. “Being the astute businessman that I am, I recognized what this omega would mean to a world full of desperate alphas. So we traveled and planned a way to present our prize to you—alphas who have never seen more than a glimpse of the king’s omegas; alphas who have never smelled the amazing scent that surrounds an omega; alphas who have longed to be complete.”

Again the scent of deception mixed with truth to create a puzzling picture as to how the omega had truly come into the possession of the circus.

“Of course, all of that comes with a price. The show must go on! There are mouths to feed, after all.” Clarence’s lips tilted up in a smirk.

A flutter of the scarlet curtain behind Clarence caught Jacob’s eye, but his senses were immediately overwhelmed by the scent of night-blooming jasmine suddenly filling the tent. He instinctively raised his head as his nostrils flared, and from the corner of his vision, he saw every other alpha in the room also scenting the air.

Jacob noticed Clarence’s eyes narrow as he watched the alphas in the room become slaves to that delicious scent. It must have taken several weeks for the fragrance to not completelyoverpower the ringleader. Thinking of the little man getting to fill his lungs with the enchanting scent caused a stirring of anger deep in Jacob’s chest. The anger cleared his thoughts long enough for him to recognize a malicious smile creasing Clarence’s lips before he erased it to become the enthralling storyteller once again.

“Ah, yes… You scent her, do you not? Does her scent fill all the empty places inside of you? Isn’t it amazing, my brothers?

“Your entrance fee got you into the tent. It will also buy you the opportunity to see her. But for those of you with the means, you will get a treat that no one outside of the aristocracy has had in years. You see… the omega is in heat.”

Jacob opened eyes he had closed to revel in the omega’s scent, staring at Clarence in shock. Alphas all around him raised their voices in disbelief.

Grinning, Clarence waited for the tumult to die down once again. “Oh yes, gentlemen—she is ripe indeed. Feast your eyes on… my omega!”

Chapter 3

Behind Clarence, the curtains parted with a sweeping arc, causing a small poof of dust from the straw-covered floor. On the raised stage, a petite, dark-haired woman was restrained by her wrists and ankles to a set of boards forming an “X.”

Completely naked.

Tears covered her cheeks.

Her breasts heaved with sobs that could barely be heard over the roaring din of the alphas.

Her legs were spread wide so that the black curls donning the outer lips of her pussy were pulled apart, her pink folds on display.

Her thighs…

Jacob drew in a deep breath, filling his lungs with her unfiltered scent.

Her thighs were wet with slick. It ran down her shapely legs in a trail that drew his gaze like a magnet.

He shook his head when Clarence stepped in front of the stage. Raising his hands again for silence, he had to wait longer this time for the room to settle. Alphas at the front were being shoved forward by the alphas behind them, all straining to get closer to the omega.

Jacob noticed the guards tighten their grips on their weapons. Eventually the alphas settled down, but they remained standing, as if they couldn’t bear to lose sight of the tiny female. Against his wishes, he stood with them. Taking his eyes off the bound female seemed impossible.

“For those lucky alphas who have the money, we have a special treat for you—a one-of-a-kind experience. This delicacyis what I promised. Common alphas haven’t been close enough to even scent an omega in heat in years! But you… you, my friends… my alpha brothers… you can have this life-changing experience for fifty dollars.”

Groans and snarls sounded around the stifling tent’s interior.

“It’s a lot, I know, but this is well worth that and more. Before I tell you what it is, we’ll need to collect the experience fee. It’s just that amazing. If I tell you first, those poor bastards who can’t afford it might rip their own tongues out.”

Another pause from the little alpha.He is the master of dramatic pauses, Jacob snarked to himself.

“If you don’t have the money for the rest of the visit, then take a good look and a deep lungful of her scent. Hopefully it will tide you over as you leave this tent, but feel free to look around the rest of the Freak Show. It’s been a pleasure having you…” Clarence’s voice hardened. “…but it’s time for you to go. Gordon is holding the tent flap open behind you so that you may exit.”

Some of the alphas who obviously did not have the money to stay released more low-level growls of displeasure at having all of their hopes and desires yanked away from them. Jacob felt the heat in the tent increase exponentially, and he tensed his own muscles in preparation for a fight.

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