The Dark Thrall Mating Olivia

Chapter Seven Sid

Everly went into the house, and I moved closer to Cade, looking at the engine that he was restoring. It was his pet project, and he and his dads had been working on restoring the car back to its former beauty for the past few weeks. I wasn't sure where he had gotten the 1970s Camaro, but I was glad that he had something to keep him out of trouble.

Out of all of Everly's brothers, he was the one that seemed to attract trouble to him like a fly to honey. I had spent a lot of the time that Everly had been away helping him through that.

It was hard, and I understood what he was going through. That need to go out and find your thrall mates. It was one of the reasons that I had come here as a teenager.

My parents had trouble getting me under control, the same as his did. It was one of the reasons that I had come here when I was sixteen. At first, I'd been so pissed about it. Leaving my home, my school, and my friends. But then, I had met Everly, and it felt like it was where I was supposed

to be.

Yes, I continued to look for my other thrall mates, but I didn't feel as strong of an urge to find them now that I had her. My dragon wanted me to claim her, and one day I would. Then she really would be mine, and we would figure things out from there.

I rested my hand on the edge of the car and Cade looked up at me. He straightened up, holding the wrench in his hand as he braced the other on the hood.

"Want to talk about it?" I asked, adjusting Everly's bag on my shoulder.

"Lily or my sister?" He asked, lifting a dark eyebrow at me. "Did you tell her yet?"

"Lily. You know I'm not saying anything to Evy until she finds her fated mate." I looked over towards the door at the back of the garage to make sure it was closed.

"Come on, bro." Cade grumbled, looking over at me. "You're making yourself miserable." "No, I'm not. I like what she and I have right now, but I know how Evy is." I dragged my fingers through my hair, tugging at the ends. "She loves that fated mate stuff, I couldn't take that away from her."

"Two of our dads are dragons. She knows how things work."

I shook my head. "I know her, if I tell Evy how I feel. That she's my mate, she won't look for her mate. And I'm not taking that away from her, Cade."

"You're underestimating her, Sid." Cade said, propping his hip against the car.

"I don't think I am. Now, why haven't you told Lily?" I grinned, watching the tops of Cade's ears grow pink. "I know what love looks like."

"Yeah, I know." He tucked his tongue behind his teeth, giving me a look that reminded me so much of Jay. "We all see it every time you look at Evy. The twins have been making bets about when you'll finally tell her."

"Remind me to take them training later, so I can kick both of their asses." I growled.

Cade let out a laugh, "Don't go too hard on them."

"I won't." I looked away from Cade.

He tucked the wrench into his back pocket and closed the hood of the car. He walked away from me into the garage. Grabbing the cloth that was on top of his toolbox, he pulled the wrench from his pocket and cleaned it off. Taking it over to the pegboard, he put it back in its place. "You know, this doesn't mean that I forgot about you telling Lily how you feel about her."

Cade turned to look at me before his eyes flicked to the street. I could hear the low rumble of Jay's truck, and I knew that he and Killian would be joining us soon.

"Tell you what, Sid." Cade looked at me, crossing his arms over his chest. "When you tell my sister how you feel about her, I'll tell Lily how I feel."

"Cade." I growled, and he shot me a half-smile as the truck pulled into the driveway, ending our conversation.

Turning, I looked over at the gleaming black truck that belonged to Jay. He climbed out of the car, his blue gray hair was braided back from his face. His dark eyes met mine, and he dipped his head before he looked at the bag on my shoulder. A grin broke out on his face, the goofy kind of dad grin that he always got when we were talking about Everly.

"She's home?"

"Of course she is. Sid wouldn't be holding her bag if she wasn't." Killian teased as he got out of the truck. He waved at me before opening the back passenger door and grabbing a bag of groceries and a case of beer.

"Kil," Jay growled before he got the groceries from his side along with a case of sodas for the twins.

"I'm just saying it's her birthday, and she hasn't been home in forever. Of course, we knew Sid could get her away from school for the weekend." Killian looked at me and shot me a smile before closing the truck's door. He walked past Cade and me, making a beeline for the garage door to go into the house. "I'm going to go hug my princess."

The door closed behind him and Jay made his way over to us. He sat down the blue reusable grocery bag and opened up the case of beer. Pulling out one, he handed it to me before grabbing one for himself.

"Thanks." I said, twisting off the cap and taking a long pull from the bottle.

"It's me who should be thanking you. It feels like it's been forever since we've had Everly home."

He twisted open his beer and took a sip.

"Can I get one?" Cade asked, and Jay lifted an eyebrow at him.

"In three years."

"Dad." Cade growled.

"Three years and I'll buy you a whole damn case, kid."

"Dad, we're shifters. It doesn't affect us the same way it does humans."

Jay sighed, tilting his head over to look at Cade. "Your mom would kick my ass."

"Only if she finds out about it."

Jay rolled his eyes, but he bent over and grabbed a beer from the case. Handing it to Cade, "Make sure she doesn't find out."

"Softy." I teased, grinning at the older dragon.

"When it comes to my family, I am." Jay's lips ghosted into a smile before he picked up the rest of

the groceries and came into the house. "Come on, Sid. Dinner will be starting soon. I'll see you in there after you finish, Cade."

"Yes, sir." Cade said, lifting up his beer.