The Dark Thrall Mating Olivia

Prologue

The door creaked open and I looked up, my eyes widening as the scent hit me. Everything in the room, the crowd of people that were here to celebrate my birthday, seemed to fade away. The lowlights of the club grew sharper as my wolf rose to the surface. I licked my lower lip, feeling my heart race as I breathed deeply, savoring the addictive scent. It was a scent I knew all too well. The smell of toasted almonds mixed with a warm woodsy scent.

The smell of pack and home. The smell of the woods that we ran through when we were shifted. The smell of so many good things in my life.

It had never affected me the way that it was now. My wolf perked up in my head, almost purring at the scent as she looked for him.

'Mate,'

The heavy doors to Moonlight closed behind him and it felt like everything stopped. That it was just the two of us here and now.

I had always heard that it was like this. That the moment you find your mate everything fades away. My parents had told me about it. How when daddy and papa had met mom, they had just known.

My dad had messed up but that was in the past and they had all ended up together with the perfect love story. That I had grown up with longing for. I wanted to be treasured the way that my mother was. To be adored, it didn't matter that it was by three men.

My brothers and I had grown up in a house full of love with parents who spoiled us. We had grown up watching our parents smile and kiss, stealing those little moments when they didn't think that we were watching.

I'd prayed to the goddess for that, but maybe I should have been more specific. Then again, it felt fitting that it was him, the man who had been my first crush. The man that I had compared every boy to for as long as I could remember.

His blue eyes met mine, his pupils grew into slits before they darkened back to the black of his wolf. His lips pulled back and I saw the flash of sharp teeth gleaming in the club's neon lights. My gaze slipped to those lips, wondering what it would feel like to kiss them. To feel them on my body as he tasted and teased me.

How they would feel as he claimed me.

I watched his full lips move, already knowing what my alpha and my mother's best friend was

saying. It didn't matter that I was on the other side of the room and there was loud rock music blasting through the speakers. I could feel it in my soul.

He was my fated mate.

"Mine." His lips moved and I felt a shiver work its way up my spine.

It felt like I was in a dream, I stepped forward. Needing to go to him, to run my hands over his

body. I needed to feel him touch me, my body burned with desire for him.

"Everly, where are you going?" Sid asked, grabbing my wrist in a gentle grip.

I turned to look back at my best friend. His shaggy, dark hair fell into his deep gray eyes.

"He's here." I whispered, glancing back to where my mate had been standing to find the space empty.

"Who?"

"My mate." I leaned closer to make sure that he could hear me over the music.

"Who is it? Do we know him?" He asked, wrapping an arm around my waist before he scanned the club.

"Yes, it's Micheal." I said, resting a hand on his chest before I turned slightly to look around the club for my mate.

"Micheal?" He asked and I nodded. "Our alpha?" "Yes." I nodded.

"Fuck." He let out a soft growl. I didn't have time to think about why Sid didn't sound happy. My focus was elsewhere. I spotted him and his blue eyes darkened as they landed on the arm that Sid had wrapped around my waist. He stalked forward, stopping in front of us. "Everly." He growled my name and I felt butterflies flare to life in the pit of my stomach. "Alpha." I whispered breathlessly. Stepping away from Sid, it felt like I was being pulled to Micheal and I couldn't stop myself. He held out his hand for me and I slid my fingers along his. Feeling delicious sparks move over my skin. "Micheal."

"You are mine." He growled.

Heat spread through my body, pooling in my lower belly. The way he said it was so possessive, and I knew that I was his. He leaned closer, his nose dragging along the side of my neck. His breath was hot on my skin as the scent of him grew stronger. I shook, goosebumps rising along my skin as my entire body tensed.