The Dark Thrall Mating Olivia

Chapter Ten

Cade stalked around the kitchen island, and I spun away, bolting into the living room as my brother chased after me. It was a game we had been playing for as long as I could remember. Each of us picking on the other until the chase started.

I ran past Ian, Noah, Theo, and Sid. Noah let out a sigh and shook his head, but Theo dropped the controller, jumping up to join us as I raced through the room.

"I want to play hunt, too." Ian shouted, running after us. "Sid, make me faster."

"Sure thing, kid." He said, and I could hear Sid jumping up from his spot on the couch. I knew without looking back that he was picking Ian up to help him keep up with the rest of us. Skidding down the hallway, I ran up the stairs. Cade was hot on my heels, and I realized that while I was away at school, he had gotten faster. I wasn't going to be able to make it to my room before he caught me.

I reached the last step to the upstairs landing. Cade let out a growl, catching hold of my ankle, he dragged me to the ground. I let out a shriek, trying to climb away as Sid and Ian caught up with him.

Cade tugged on my ankle, flipping me over. Sid put Ian on my stomach.

"I caught you, Evy." Ian playfully growled before tickling me.

"You sure did. Oh no, I'm getting got." I laughed, tickling my youngest brother back, I got his sides and he tried to shift away from me. He let out a shrill laugh, and Theo grabbed his foot, pulling off his shoe and tossing it down the stairs.

"Don't worry, Ev. I'm on your team for toes." He started tickling the bottom of Ian's foot, making him squirm to pull it away.

"Theo, that's cheating."

"No, it's not. It's called teamwork."

"Don't worry, you'll win the tickle fight. I'm on your team, Ian." Sid said, his fingers joining Ian's on my sides. Cade let out a laugh, but joined me in tickling Ian with Theo.

The three of us fell into a giggling pile on the floor, each of us trying to overpower the other with our tickling.

"Alright, you and Sid need to get ready. I'll call Lily." Cade said, sitting up and crawling away from us. "That doesn't mean you guys can meet her yet. I'm not ready for that."

"Yay, this means I won." I chuckled, wrapping my arms around Ian before pushing myself to stand.

"No, I won because I caught you." Ian pouted and I pressed a kiss to his cheek.

"Okay, you win. Why don't you go back to playing with Noah and Theo?"

"Okay. Evy, I'm happy you're home." He smiled at me as I sat him down. "Me too."

Theo bounced up, grabbing Ian's hand and taking him down the stairs. "Come on, bro, let's go get your shoe before mom sees it."

"Well, if you didn't throw it, then there wouldn't be a problem."

"Sounds like an Ian problem, not a Theo one."

Their voices trailed off as they made their way down the stairs and into the living room, still bantering with each other.

Sid looked up at me, tucking his hands behind his head as he lay on the floor. I rested my hands on my hips, looking down at him.

"Are you going to get up?" I asked, moving to stand over him so that my feet were braced on either side of his hips.

"No, I like you standing over me like this." He moved a hand, hooking his fingers at me. "Come here, Evy."

I knelt down, straddling his waist. He moved his hand to the side of my face, cupping my cheek. Drawing my lips to his in a kiss that was soft and tender. It felt different from the kisses we had shared before and I didn't know why.

Sid's hand moved to the back of my neck, and he deepened the kiss. His tongue brushing against mine, making me whimper against his lips. He didn't let up or let me move until my head started to swim.

Releasing the back of my neck, he pecked my lips one last time. "We should head to my place, unless you want to get ready here?"

"Your place, that's where I was planning to stay anyway." I smiled at him before standing and offering Sid my hand. "We come back here for family breakfast, or text to see if everyone wants to meet up at the diner."

"You're determined to meet her, aren't you?" Sid asked, letting me pull him to stand.

"Yeah, Cade's never acted like that before."

"Maybe she's special. Dragons always know when someone is special." Sid grinned at me,

wrapping an arm around my shoulders.

"You're special." I teased and he reached up, tugging on a strand of my hair.

"So are you, Evy."

We headed downstairs, saying our goodbyes and grabbing my bag before we made our way to the garage. Sid and I got onto his motorcycle and left my parents' house, heading into the city. The drive didn't take much time at all before we were pulling up in front of the brown brick building of Sid's apartment. He parked his bike, and the two of us headed into the lobby, making our way past the elevator. It always made me smile when I passed the elevator.

I could remember Micheal's mom teasing his father, Sam, about that elevator. The demon had refused to fix it until Abby had gotten pregnant the second time. The first time, Drake rarely let her leave the packhouse. They had struggled with trying to conceive, so Abby's mates were all more worried than normal. Not that I could blame them; it was a scary thought to meet your mates and worry that you wouldn't be able to give them pups.

That was even more of a worry for her given that Abby was mated to two alphas. They needed to secure their line with children, and that put more pressure on all of them.

It was no secret in the pack, not with how close everyone was. When Abby got pregnant with Drake's triplets, she had lost one in utero. It made all of her mates more protective of her.

Eli wouldn't leave Sam alone about making Abby walk all the stairs up to the apartment that the demon refused to get rid of. He had been worried that she would fall down the stairs and hurt herself or the baby during the next pregnancy. So, Sam grumbled the entire time, fixing it for his mate and their children.