The question hit a possessive nerve I didn't want to acknowledge.
"We figure that out when we get there," I said carefully.
"That's not an answer."
"It's the only answer I have right now."
He studied my face. "This is going to be harder than you think."
"Probably."
"You ready for that?"
Was I? Ready to share Reina with my biggest rival? Ready to watch her with Jaxon and not let the jealousy consume me? Ready to be vulnerable in a way I'd never been before?
"No," I admitted. "But I'm going to do it anyway."
Jaxon grinned. "There's the Ice King I know. All control and determination."
"Someone has to be the rational one."
He grinned a shit eating grin. "And I get to be the reckless one?"
"You've always been the reckless one, Roarke."
He laughed again, and this time it was genuine. "Fair."
We went back to passing the puck. The silence was easier now. Less loaded.
"You ever think about it?" Jaxon asked after a while. "That night after the draft?"
I nearly missed the pass. "What?"
"You know what I'm talking about. We were drunk. Grieving losing her. And we..."
"We made a mistake."
"Did we?"
I looked at him sharply. "What are you trying to say?"
"I'm saying maybe it wasn't a mistake. Maybe it was just... complicated."
"Jax."
"I'm not saying I'm into guys, Vale. I'm saying that if we're going to bond with Reina, if we're going to be a trinity, then we need to acknowledge that there's going to be a connection between us too. Through her."
The words hung in the air.
He was right. Trinity bonds didn't just connect two Alphas to an Omega. They connected all three. Created a link between the Alphas that was almost as strong as their individual bonds to the Omega.
"I can't think about that right now," I said.
"Why not?"
"Because I'm barely holding it together as it is. The idea of sharing Reina is already pushing every boundary I have. Adding in... whatever that would be..."
"Okay." Jaxon held up his hands. "Okay. We'll table it. For now."
