The Dark Thrall Mating Olivia

Chapter Eighty-Five

Letting out a breath, I pushed myself forward. Walking into the kitchen, Nick wasn't there and for a moment, I thought that he had left. That it had been too much for him and he had broken his promise to me.

My throat tightened, but I heard a loud bang coming from the little laundry room behind the kitchen.

"Damn, that hurt." Nick growled and I moved over to the open doorway. He stood in front of the dryer, the white wicker basket at his feet as he rubbed the back of his head. The dryer drawer was swinging behind him and I realized that he had smacked himself in the back of the head. "What are you doing?" I asked, my eyebrows knitting together as I watched him shake his head. "Getting the clothes out of the dryer. Mom always used to complain that if they weren't taken out fast enough, they would get wrinkled and well... I don't want your clothes to get messed up." Nick said, not looking at me. The back of his neck turned red and I couldn't help but smile. "You don't need to do that."

"I know, I wanted to." He said, picking up a pair of lacy black panties. His blush grew deeper and he dropped them into the hamper. "I didn't mean that I was trying to go through your underwear. I was just trying-"

"To help?" I asked, moving into the laundry room and pushing the dryer door closed.

"Yeah.” He leaned back letting me close the door. His eyes locked with mine before flicking down to my lips and back up again. Everly let out a gurgle, pulling his attention to her and we both looked at our daughter. She was watching Nick, her brown eyes open wide as she studied him. "Is this-"

"Everly. Yes." I said, brushing her blonde curls out of her face.

"Goddess, Olivia, She looks just like you." He said, stepping closer to us.

"I think she looks more like you, but she's got my eyes." I said, trying not to back away from Nick. He wanted to meet Everly and I was going to make sure that he got to. Even if I was struggling with being in this small space with him. The scent of the floral laundry detergent and fabric softener wasn't enough to cover his scent. It hung in the air around us, making it hard for me to think.

Nick crouched down, reaching out for Everly's hand. He stopped before he touched her, looking up at me. "Is it okay?"

"Yeah, you can hold her if you'd like."

A smile spread across his face, making him look boyish. He reached out, taking Everly's hand in his much larger hand. "Hello, Everly. I'm Nick- I mean, I'm your dad."

Butterflies flared to life in the pit of my stomach at the sweet way that he was talking to our daughter. He looked up at me before holding his hands out and picking her up. She smiled at him with that happy baby grin and I swallowed hard. It was one of the sweetest things that I had seen but I couldn't help but feel sad as I watched him hold Everly.noveldrama

Not just for Everly, but for myself as well. I shouldn't want him, but the more that I watched the two of them the more that I realized that having him around wasn't going to be easy. ***Jay POV***

Killian and I drove along the suburban street, the houses were all the same. Perfect little brick cookie cutter houses that all looked the same. It was a quiet neighborhood in Micheal's territory, bordering on the local thrall's land. If we were staying here for any amount of time, I wanted to make sure that Killian and I would be able to shift without stepping on any toes.

I had a feeling that this would be the right place for us. If we liked what we saw, our next stop would be to visit the Tarak of that territory and get permission to fly in his skies.

I liked the homes. It looked like a place that I could see Olivia loving. It was within Micheal's territory so while we figured things out, she would have Gloria and her mate to help her with Everly. I wanted her to have that support even though she was with us now. I didn't want her to miss out on those moments of having someone around that she trusted with our daughter. Just thinking about the fact that Killian and I were mated and now had a daughter that we considered our own brought a smile to my face. I didn't think that when we found the one we were to take as a mate that she would already have a child, but now that we had it just felt right. I wasn't sure how we were going to handle the whole Nick situation, but we were going to figure it out. His situation was fucked up and really he had brought it onto himself. He should have never rejected Olivia, but if hadn't things wouldn't have turned out the way that they did. Olivia wouldn't be ours and we wouldn't be hers. Hers, my dragon liked knowing that I was hers. That she bore my claiming mark, that both of my mates did. A possessive thrill shot through me as I pulled up into the driveway of a red brick two story home. A silver luxury SUV was parked in the drive and a tall woman with dark blonde hair stood tapping away at her phone. She looked up when we approached, the big brown lenses of her sunglasses blocking her eyes.

I parked my bike, pulling my helmet off and hooking it onto the handlebars. The yard wasn't too big and I could picture Everly running through the yard in a few months with a very heavily pregnant Olivia chasing after her while Killian and I took care of the yard work. Planting flowers beneath the windows that would grow beautiful in the spring for our mate to have the home that she deserved.