The Dark Thrall Mating Olivia

I opened the dorm room door, taking in my best friend. He was dressed in a pair of ripped up jeans that hugged his muscled legs just right. He had on a black leather jacket and black boots with a matching black t-shirt that hugged his torso in all the right places.

My palms itched to reach out and touch him. To map out his body and spend hours touching him in all of the ways that I knew he liked. I knew his body just as well as my own but I could say the same for him.

A silver chain hung around his neck, on the end there was a little heart with an 'E' engraved onto it. I'd asked him to take it off. We were best friends and I knew that any potential mate for him that saw it would be scared off. He refused and I had to admit, I liked seeing him wear that necklace and I couldn't explain why. I bit my lower lip, trying not to think about that. Sid wasn't mine and I wasn't his. We were just best friends who fucked every chance we got. That was all this was.

My eyes flicked down to his hands, he was clutching a hot pink paper bag. "You brought a gift?" "Hey, birthday girl. You know I couldn't let your birthday pass without spoiling you." Sid purred. His deep baritone voice sent chills down my spine and I felt my body respond to him. My nipples grew to tight points beneath the thin layers of my sports bra and tank top.

We hadn't seen each other in a couple of weeks and missed him. Sure, we had texted and called but it wasn't the same. I missed him. Missed his touch and the pleasure that we could bring each other. Life had gotten in the way and he'd had to be with the pack while I was at school. "Hey you." I smiled up at Sid and his lips twitched into a half smile as he drew closer to me. Crowding his body into mine. I bit my lower lip, trying to hide my smile as he wrapped his arms around my waist. Pulling me tight against his chest, he lifted me off of my feet. He held me close and I relaxed against him as he sat my feet back onto the ground.

We stayed like that for a long moment and I breathed in his scent. Letting it comfort me and warm me up the way that it always did. One day Sid was going to find his mate and I was going to miss having this level of closeness with him. It was just how it was though and I wanted for him to find his mate just as he wanted the same for me.

Though for Sid, he was a dragon so he wasn't going to have just one.

I pushed that thought away as I sucked in another lungful of his scent. Sid smelled good. He liked to wear expensive cologne, but beneath that rich musky scent was one that was all his own. He smelled like sage and smoke, like the forest where he would run with me in his human form when I shifted. Before we would reach the edge of the forest that bordered on to dragon territory where he could shift and take flight.

His lips brushed against my cheek and I listened as he inhaled in my scent. His arms tightening around my waist, his fingers skimming just beneath the hem of my top to touch my skin. "Missed you."

"I missed you too." I said, pulling back so that I could smile up at him.

Cami stands up, her cheeks are flushed with a slight blush. She adjusted her glasses, looking between Sid and me. "I should head out. I need to go study."

"You can always stay in and... Study with us, little bookworm." Sid winked at her, tucking his tongue behind his teeth.

I brought up my hand, trailing my fingers over his biceps. Looking at Cami with a teasing smile. "What do you say, Cami? Want to study?"

"You two are too much." She let out a huff, shaking her head. Sid and I sat, watching Cami. She moved over to her desk, grabbing her pink backpack and slinging it over her shoulder before looking at me. "Travel safe. You owe me a night out since you're spending your birthday at home."

"I'll make it up to you." I wink.

Cami rolls her eyes before slipping past us and out of the room. Heading towards the campus library, I'm not sure if she really plans to study or not. But knowing her, she'll hole up there for a few hours.

Turning my head, I looked up at Sid and his lips slid into a slow smile. Dragging his tongue over his lower lip, hunger burns in his eyes. I know just what he's thinking, how he's feeling. I've always been able to read him like a book.

Reaching up, I grab the little pendant around his neck and use the chain to pull him into the dorm room. He kicks the door closed behind us and then his lips are on mine. Kissing me like he's a starving man and I'm his favorite food.

Letting go of his necklace, I push his jacket off his shoulders and it falls to the floor. His lips never leave mine as he walks me back towards my bed. The back of my thighs hit the bed and I pull away from him, stripping off my tank top and letting it fall to the floor. "Evy, wait."

Dropping my hands, I look at Sid. He usually doesn't want to stop. He's a dragon and the way

they crave sex... It's pretty much insatiable.

"You okay?" I asked, pushing my hair out of my eyes.

"Yeah, open your gift." He held up the bag, waiting for me to take it. His stormy grey eyes sparkled and I could see something in his eyes. Sid was trying to hide his excitement from me. "What is it?" I took the bag from him and pulled out some of the tissue paper.

"Open it, Evy. If I tell you, it'll spoil your surprise."

Grinning, I pulled the rest of the tissue paper out of the bag. Finally reaching my present. My mouth fell open and I gasped, looking up at him. "Sid." Holding the bag to my chest, my eyes widening in surprise.

"It's fully charged and ready to play with." He reached for the hem of his shirt, pulling the dark fabric over his head and dropping it to the floor. "What girl doesn't love a rose on her birthday?"