The Dark Thrall Mating Olivia

Chapter One Everly

Zipping up my black and purple weekend bag, I jumped at the door to my dorm room opening. Spinning around, I looked at Cami, my roommate and friend.

She dragged her fingers through her messy purple hair. Pushing her black, thick-rimmed glasses up her upturned nose. She flopped onto my bed, letting out a long sigh.

"I'm going to miss you this weekend. It's your birthday. We could go hit the clubs or some of the parties on campus?" Cami said, looking up at me hopefully. She knew that I had plans with Sid

and my family.

It was nothing big, but I hadn't been home in so long and I missed them. Cami was cool, but she wasn't pack. She was human and I missed the connection with other shifters. My wolf craved it just as much as I did.

Sure, there were other shifters on campus but it wasn't the same. They had their own lives just as I did. Their own jobs and classes to keep them busy, their own packs and thralls. Well, I didn't think any of them had their own thralls.

Two of my dads were dragons and none of them smelled like them. They had the same smell as me and my mom and papa. The smell of something wild mixed with the woods.

Wolves.

"Next weekend. I promised Sid we would hang out for my birthday." I grabbed my charger off the bedside table, coiling the cord around my hand before tucking it into my bag. "We can hit all of the parties and spend all night dancing if you want. I'll even pay for our drinks."

"Promise?" She asked.

"Of course. I wouldn't miss time with you." I sat beside her.

Cami wrapped an arm around my waist, resting her head on my shoulder. "It's just boring when you're gone and I'm going to miss you."

"It's just for the weekend. Besides, you've got a lot of studying to do." I said, hugging her back. At first, my touchy-feely nature had freaked Cami out. I was a shifter. We needed that touch to feel connected to others. It was better when it was pack, but I had kind of made my own little pack while at school.

Cami was part of that and I knew our friendship was going to be one of those that lasted a lifetime. I just had to figure out a way to tell her that I was a wolf shifter without making her think that I was crazy. Or she was.

You never knew how humans were going to react to that kind of news.

I heard a motorcycle rumble in the distance and Cami's shoulders slumped. "That's your sexy beast."

"Cami, he's not my sexy beast. He's my best friend."

"Mmm-hmm. Sure he isn't, babe. I've seen the way he looks at you and I know about your late nights in the library and the bar and the roof of Lux." She pulled back, biting her lower lip while trying not to smile. "You can say what you want but you guys... That's end game."

I wished that I could tell her the truth. That Sid and I were shifters, we weren't meant to be. He was my best friend and I knew that we were just using each other for that release. It wasn't a forever kind of thing. Sid wasn't my mate and I wasn't his.

The day would come where one of us would meet our mate. We had talked about it, how things would go back to us just being friends. Still in each other's lives, but not as lovers. He had been my best friend since he had moved in with us.

Our connection had been instant, but we weren't mates. We loved each other, but I knew that it wasn't the kind of love that my parents had. That all consuming burning need to claim one another. To always be with them, no matter what. To burn the world down just to see them smile. It was crazy but that was the kind of love that I wanted.

"Nah, we know what we are to each other." I said, shaking my head. I looked over at her, a teasing smile slipping over my lips. "You could always join us on the roof of Lux?"

Her cheeks flushed and she looked away from me. "Ev-"

"I know Sid wouldn't say no." I squeezed my arm around her shoulder, watching that blush

deepen. Sid wouldn't say no, he was a dragon. The way that they mated... He was always ready to share. It was a part of who he was.

“Not that I don't think you're both sexy, but-" She looked at me, her eyes widening ever so slightly. "I just don't think I'd be up for the roof of a sex club."

"I think you could keep up. We'll go easy on you?" I teased and she let out an exasperated sigh.

"I find that hard to believe. I've gone jogging with you." She lifted an eyebrow at me. Her hazel eyes meeting mine. “I know what you consider easy and I think I'd need the entire weekend to recover."

"Hey, that was me taking it easy." If things did change within our friendship and we turned into lovers. I knew that I was going to have to take care with her. That she wouldn't be able to handle the things that Sid and I did with each other. That was a conversation for a different day. While she and I shared a lot of girl talk, she didn't know the full extent of the things that Sid and I liked. The way that we fucked, that would have hurt others. The things that we enjoyed doing to one another.

Those were conversations best left quiet so I wouldn't scare her. This was just teasing, flirting. I knew that Cami would never take it further.

"I'm going to tell Sid you think he's sexy."

"Ev. No, you can't." She twisted around and I dropped my arm from around her shoulder. Watching as she brought her leg up to tuck it beneath her bottom. "He already teases me enough."

"Mmm, I bet he'd take you on the back of his bike for a wild ride." I winked at her and she shook her head. Looking up at the ceiling and letting out an exasperated groan. "I'm just kidding. I won't tell him."

"You're too much, but I'm really going to miss you this weekend." She looked back at me, worrying her lip between her teeth.

"I'll miss you, too." I reached over and hugged her before standing up.

Sid's scent grew stronger and I could hear the thud of his heavy boots as he drew nearer. A knock at the door sounded and I smiled at Cami.

"Don't tell him."

"I won't." I promised. I didn't need to tell Sid what Cami thought about him. He already knew.