The Dark Thrall Mating Olivia

Chapter Twenty-One

"Hey, Olivia." One of the female shifters called out. I looked up, watching the way that she pushed her dark hair over her shoulder. Her eyes moved between me and the two men at my side. She was wearing a short black dress that hugged every curve of her trim body.

"Hey, Sunny." I gave her a nervous smile, trying to stamp down my nerves. A man stood behind her. His kohl eyes studied me closely as his lips pressed into a thin line. I swallowed hard, "Miguel."

"Livie." He said, dipping his head down towards me. His shaggy, sandy brown hair fell into his eyes. He reached up, straightening out his black leather bomber jacket. "How's Everly?"

I tensed up at the mention of my daughter. I hadn't told Jay and Killian about her yet. "Good, you and Sunny should come by and see her sometime."

His lips tilted into a half smile and he nodded before looking at the two men beside me. "We'll do that. Who's this?"

"This is Killian," I said, looking over at the dragon beside me. His lips slid into a slow smile as he held out his hand for Miguel. I watched Miguel take his hand into his, giving it a squeeze before letting go of him. "And this is Jay."

I looked over at Jay and his lips twitched into that ghost of a smile. He didn't hold out his hand for Miguel. Instead, he nodded his head in greeting. Miguel seemed to accept this as he nodded back.

"This is my friend Sunny and her mate, Miguel." I said, finishing out the introductions. Sunny hooked her arm through Miguel's as he stood looking between me and my dates.

"Nice to meet the both of you," Sunny said, giving them both a wide, easy-going smile. "We should head home."

"You as well," Jay said, stepping closer to Killian and I. I didn't know what was going on between him and Miguel, but I didn't like the way that they were looking at each other. It was like an unspoken threat hung in the air.

"I'll text you later," Sunny called out, pulling Miguel over towards their SUV. "Have fun on your date."

I nodded, looking between Killian and Jay. "I have something I need to tell you both." "Let's get a table and you can tell us anything you need to." Jay said, moving in front of us to open the glass double doors. The restaurant lights were dim and everything smelled so good. I could smell the mouth-watering scents of smoked meat, garlic, and freshly baked bread. My stomach rumbled and I couldn't wait for us to be seated. The last time I had been here was when I was a kid and we were celebrating my father's birthday. It seemed like another lifetime, but not much had changed.

The hostess greeted us and we were led to a booth. I could feel eyes on me and I couldn't help the way that my shoulders seemed to curl in. Like I could shield myself from their prying eyes and judgments. I was an unmated, single mother on a date with two men. I knew by morning the entire pack would be all abuzz with gossip about me.

I slid into the booth, the soft leather creaking beneath me. Killian followed me, his thigh pressing against mine. Jay slid into the booth across from us. The hostess handed us our menus before leaving us to settle in.

"I um, I have a kid. Well, she's a baby." I blurted out, not wanting to drag things out anymore. If this was a deal breaker for them, then I needed to know now.

"We know," Jay said, picking up the black leather folder that held the menu. His eyes flicked to mine above the menu, still filled with that same heat as before.

"We weren't being creepy or anything. But we did ask about you." Killian picked up his menu, scanning it over before closing it and setting it back onto the table. "I know what I want."

I shifted in my seat. Knowing that they had talked to Micheal about me, that was expected. I was just worried that maybe they had heard something about me that they wouldn't like. "Oh, what else did you hear?"

"Not much. Your alpha was very protective when we talked to him. It doesn't bother us that you have a daughter." Jay sat down his menu, he reached over resting his hand beside mine. "Olivia, we're not just here to fuck around. We plan to take you as a mate."noveldrama

"Jay is very straightforward."

"You know I'm a package deal, right? I won't take on a mate or mates that don't accept my daughter." My wolf was rumbling in my head and I could tell she thought I was being too much. But I needed to hear it from them.

***Jay POV***

"You know I'm a package deal, right? I won't take on a mate of mates that won't accept my daughter." Olivia said and I had to fight down my smile. She had to know that we would never reject her child. When we mated, the kid wouldn't just be her child anymore. She would be our daughter too and we would parent her together.

"Your daughter would be raised with more than one parent. We wouldn't ask you to give her up for us, but we would both prefer if you set the pace for us meeting her."

Her shoulders relaxed and she sagged against Killian. Poor thing, this must have been something that had been bothering her. I didn't know what her previous partner had done to her to make her think that we wouldn't want her and her child. A part of me hated him for not treasuring her. He had to be a fool to reject her, but his loss was our gain. I glanced at my thrall mate and I could tell that he was having the same thoughts.