Outsider (Outsider Series) (40 page)

Caeden found and empty table and Logan and Bryce promptly plopped themselves in two of the chairs. They sure were happy campers. I think I was having more fun than those two combined. Chris, Charlotte, and I dumped our clutches on the table so we wouldn’t have to hold on to them all night.

“Dance with me?” Bentley asked Chris.

Her face lit up like she’d just one the lottery. “Yes!” she squeaked. He smiled which surprised me and took her hand and led her onto the dance floor. Maybe he had taken my advice and finally realized he deserved to be loved.

Charlotte stood awkwardly off to the side her face contorted in some kind of inner turmoil. I really felt for her. She had feelings for a jerk when a really sweet guy had feelings for her. It was a complicated triangle and they were all oblivious to it.

I still didn’t really like Logan. I thought he came off as a
standoffish jerk to be honest; the complete opposite of his bubbly younger sister.
But maybe it was just shyness. He seemed to only hang out with us as an obligation to the pack. I got the feeling he didn’t really like anyone. He probably preferred his own brooding company.

Charlotte twiddled her thumbs and her face scrunched up as she came to some obvious conclusion.

“Logan,” she said hesitantly and he grumpily glanced at her.

“What?” he asked his brow wrinkled in disgust. What on earth did she see in him?

“Do… you… want to… dance… with me?” she gulped going pale. Bryce looked up at her with hurt in his eyes. How could she be so oblivious to his feeling
s
? The boy wore his heart on his sleeve!

“No!” he snapped grumpily and abruptly stood and headed to the refreshments table. His blond hair glowed different colors in the pulsating light.

Charlotte’s bottom lips quivered. She looked at me with panic and scurried quickly out of the room like a rabbit. My heart went out to her.

I plopped into one of the chairs in a very unladylike fashion and Caeden sat down beside me. I leaned conspiratorially across the table towards Bryce like we were sharing a very important secret.

“Bryce,” I said sweetly.

“Yes,” he said leaning across towards me. I felt like we were spies planning some king of mission.

“Go after her,” I said sweetly and twisted my head to the side.

“Why?” he ground out thickly through his teeth. “She doesn’t like me.”

“She doesn’t know your feelings there’s a difference,” I said.

Bryce flicked his floppy hair towards Logan who stood by the table broodingly. “She likes that jerk not me.”

“You have to show her that you’re worth noticing,” I said. “If you like her, prove it,” I said.

“That’s not fair,” he said.

“Life’s not fair,” I countered. “Just go talk to her. Ask her if she’s okay? Ask her if she wants to leave or stay and dance with you? Trust me, she’ll want to stay and dance with you.
I’m not telling you to confess your undying love for her, Bryce.”

He narrowed his eyes at me and stood. “Fine, I’ll go find her and when she completely ignores me it’ll be your fault.”

“We’ll see,” I said leaning back in the chair with a grin.

He shook his head and disappeared out into the lobby of the hotel in search of Charlotte.

“That was hot,” said Caeden with a grin.

“What was?” I asked puzzled.

“You,” he said, “being all determined matchmaker.”

“I just want to see people who deserve to be happy find that,” I shrugged my shoulders.

“You’re really good at picking up on unsaid things,” he said.

I sighed and looked down at the table I traced random patterns on the white linen with my pinky finger. “Before I found out about being a shifter and the…uh…no college rule I wanted to be a therapist. I like to help people find their way.”

“You amaze me more every day,” he said. He pondered something for a moment. “Maybe you should still go to college,” he said.

I sighed. “You’re the one that said shifters don’t go to college. Our job is to serve and protect.”

“That’s true,” he said, “but maybe it’s time we do more than that. I hate to see you lose out on your future and like I told you before the rest of the pack and I would like to go to college too. I mean, we couldn’t go away for college, we’d have to go to the community college but it would still be an education.”

I smiled. “Do you mean that? Can I really go?”

He nodded his head and smiled hugely. “We’re going to college!”

I squealed and jumped into his lap throwing my arms around him.
I kissed him soundly on the lips. I didn’t care who saw. Teachers beware. “Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love you!”

He laughed. “Wow, it really doesn’t take a lot to make you happy,” he said and his eyes crinkled.

“Nope, it doesn’t,” I said. “I am a simple girl.”

He chuckled. “You
are far from a simple girl. You’re
amazing
,
not simple.”

“We’ll agree to disagree then,” I said as Logan, having apparently decided the coast was clear, took his seat again.

“Dance with me,” said Caeden brushing his lips against mine. His body was tensed for a fight.

“Yes!” I said enthusiastically surprising him. After the news I had just recei
ved I thought nothing could brin
g me down from my high. I climbed off of his lap and he led me to the dance floor.

Some kind of upbeat European song was playing. I didn’t exactly know how to dance to it but then again I didn’t know how to dance to
any kind of song. Fast or slow so I just rolled with it.

“
’
Can you spend a little time,
t
ime is slipping away,
a
way from us so stay,
st
ay with me I can make,
m
ake you glad you came
.
The sun goes down
.
The stars come out
.
And all that counts
, i
s here and now
.
My universe will never be the same
. I’
m glad you came
. I’
m glad you came
,’” played the song.

Caeden began dancing expertly to the music and soon he had me swaying to it too.

He grinned as he listened to the lyrics. “I’m glad you came,” he said into my ear so I could hear him over the music.

“Me too,” I admitted. “I never thought I’d be happy I came to prom but with you… Yeah, I’m glad I came,” I grinned.

“Success!” he joked. “She admitted it!”

I laughed and smacked his arm.

The song finished and switched to something slower. Caeden pulled me against his body and moved us slowly to the sway and beat of the song. Across from us I saw Bentley holding Chris in a similar pose. I hoped they
got together. They were as perfect for each other as Caeden and I were.

Over my shoulder I saw Bryce and Charlotte come back into the ballroom. He was holding her hand and led her out onto the dance floor. I wanted to do a little happy dance but I settled for grinning like a fool as a constellation prize. Bryce held her tentatively in his arms. He caught my eye and grinned. He then gave me a thumbs up behind Charlotte’s back. I smiled. My work was done for the night.

I laid my head against Caeden’s chest. Its steady beat and the heat he always carried calmed me. I didn’t think life could get more perfect than this moment.

epilogue. travis.

“You bastard,” I ground out through my teeth.

My father grinned at me. “She was useless. Just like you. Who would want you as a son you worthless piece of shit!” he spat blood on me.

I narrowed my eyes. He was pushing his limit. My hands curled into fists as I tried to block the red haze from my eyes. I could feel my veins engorging with blood as my adrenaline spiked. I hated this man more than I hated life itself. But he had something I wanted and I was just about to get it. I twisted my neck from side to side to relieve some of the tension coursing through my body. I was like a live wire ready to ignite at the slightest provocation.

“You really shouldn’t have said that,” I growled in a deadly calm.

My dad’s eyes narrowed to calculated slits.

“You wouldn’t dare,” he hissed.

“Oh, I would father,” I said and lunged the silver made
knife that I had hidden in my pocket,
straight through his heart. I twiste
d it to make sure it hit home.

His eyes widened in shock.
Shock and astonishment.

“Sleep tight papa wolf,” I said with a smile.

He took a last gurgling breath, blood spilling from his lips, and finally the bastard died.

I grinned and then licked his blood off the knife. It was done. He was dead.
It had been so much easier than I thought it would be. I had wanted a fight and had not received one. I was disappointed to say the least.

I bent down and cut a hole through his plain t-shirt and then used the knife to dig out his heart. Satisfied, I thrust the knife through the door of the shed with his heart attached to i
t still dripping with his warm blood.

Joy.

That was the emotion I felt seeing his heart pinned to the door like a sacrifice.
It
s sticky
dark
rivulets dripped satisfyingly down the door.

I turned and sauntered into the woods not bothering to glance back at the man that was my father. He deserved no pity.

I shed my clothes and shifted into my wolf form. I felt stronger than I ever had before. Unstoppable.

I howled into the night t
o call my pack.

My pack, I thought smugly, to call and let them know that there was a new Alpha in town.

Yes, I Travis
Grimm
now had what I desired most.

I was Alpha.

Things were about to get interesting.

I smelled the scent of bloodshed nearing. I sincerely hoped it was Caeden’s.

I howled once more in victory and ran off into the moon
light
.

This book was so much fun to write. I truly love Caeden and Sophie’s story. I had been working on it for a long time. Like years and just couldn’t get anywhere with it. Then one day I sat down with my notebook and planned it out. A month later I had finished the book. My fingers just couldn’t seem to fly across the keyboard fast enough. I have begun working on the second book in the series but there is no release date as of yet.

I hope you enjoyed reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it!

~Micalea

Don’t forget to check out my other books!

The Fallen Series:

Fallen:
Seventeen year old Kylie Lyons' life has fallen apart. Her parents' divorce results in Kylie being uprooted from her sunny California home and now she has to move to Rome, Italy with her catatonic mother. Little does she know what awaits her there in the form of god-like Jonathon
Pulmer.
She knows immediately that he's different, special, but she has no idea how special. Not until the word "vampire" is uttered from his lips. And not only is Jonathon a centuries old vampire, he possesses supernatural powers, like all vampires, and Kylie... Kylie is his soul mate. But life is never easy, especially in the world of the undead, and when a rogue vampire returns from Jonathon's past she's bent on extracting revenge in the form of Kylie's death and anyone that gets in her way can die too. Kylie is about to learn that not even your soul mate can protect you from everything.

Forbidden:
Graduation is fast approaching and with it the threat of Selena looms closer and closer. But the question is leave? Or fight? Jonathon will do anything to keep Kylie safe even if that means entrusting their lives in their greatest enemy next to Selena, The Coven. Graduation has hardly ended when the Pulmers and The Coven are on the road with precious cargo in tow. Kylie is not at all pleased with this arrangement. Hiding in the woods in a tent from Selena doesn’t make much sense to her. Kylie knows that Selena is after a fight and if Selena wants a fight that’s what she’s going to get. Loyalties are tested, temptation is around every corner, and not everyone will make it out alive.

Forever (Not yet released)

And a short story called, Selena.

I also have another book that will be done soon titled, Hush.

Hush:
Siva and Sloane.

Two unlikely people brought together by a tragedy.

He’s moody and dark.

She’s pleasant and light.

But there is an undeniable attraction between the two despite the many obstacles that stand in their way.

Sloane Campbell is an American, living in London as a reporter for a celebrity newspaper, with her boyfriend Devak. Sloane believes she loves Dev. But when he dies and she meets his older brother, Siva, for the first time she begins to find out what true love is. True love is the kind that scares you, hurts you, and messes with your mind. True love is when you will take a bullet to save the other person.