Kace (Shattered Souls MC #3) - Heather Dahlgren Page 0,43
hug me. She tells me she will call me tomorrow. Zane, Riley, and Finn say goodbye and I tell them all to be careful. As they walk out the door Kace walks to me. He lifts my chin and gives me that sexy grin of his. “If you need anything, you better tell me. Be honest with me because I promise to be honest with you.”
His deep sexy voice and his words squeeze at my heart and I blink back the tears. “I promise, Kace.”
He kisses me one last time but it’s slow and sweet, so unlike anything I’ve experienced from him yet. It’s overwhelming. When he breaks the kiss, he wraps his protective arms around me and sighs. “I’m gonna miss you, Ivy.”
“I’m gonna miss you too.”
“Seriously, how could you have left out how fucking hot they all are,” Mia says for the hundredth time.
I just picked up my new phone, so we’ve been walking around the mall. She showed up at my apartment a few hours after Kace left and has been talking about them since. She said that I was lucky to have such great friends. That she could tell how they all cared for me. It meant more to me than I ever imagined it would. I saw how much they all love Harper and I wanted to be accepted like that and hearing Mia say that makes me feel like I just might be accepted.
“Ivy,” Mia says, snapping me out of my thoughts.
I laugh as I bite my pretzel. “Sorry, I guess I didn’t think about saying they were hot.”
“I’m not a jealous person, but I’ll admit I’m jealous of you,” she says, knocking her shoulder into mine.
“Oh stop,” I say, laughing.
We exit the mall and sit on the small benches outside to enjoy the warm sun. I don’t want to go home yet. Before all this it felt a little lonely, but now after having Kace there it feels empty. I’m not ready to face the loneliness yet.
“So, you and Kace are getting back together?” Mia asks, sipping her vanilla milkshake.
“We weren’t together before, but yeah we are together now,” I say, watching all the people exit and enter the mall.
“Did you guys talk about everything?”
“We talked but there is still a lot to learn about each other,” I reply.
We sit quietly for a little bit, laughing occasionally as we people watch. I will miss the peacefulness of being in California and I’ll miss Mia. Going back to Vegas is what I want, but it still scares me. I’m terrified I’ll go back to exactly how I was before I left. That I’ll be sitting in a room filled with Shattered Souls and feel like an outsider. That I’ll end up having to go back to shitty waitressing jobs, having my ass grabbed as I drop off drinks. That I’ll be stuck in a rundown place that I’m paying too much for. The rumors that will start because I’m pregnant will be awful and doing it without any family will be a sad realization. I know Kace has plans, but I’m here and thinking all the worst-case scenarios.
I glance over at Mia and see she’s staring at her phone. She looks kinda shocked, so I reach over and touch her arm. She jumps and looks at me. “Shit, you scared me.”
“Is everything alright?” I ask, lifting an eyebrow.
“Of course,” she says, shoving her phone into her back pocket. “So, what do you want to do now?”
“I guess I need to get back and figure out how to get out of my lease,” I say, standing up.
She wraps her slender arm around my shoulder and smiles. “I’ll help.”
That’s exactly what she does. I’m watching her pace my living room talking to different people, yelling until they agree to do as she’s asked. I’ve never seen this side of her, it reminds me of Harper. She’s in complete control and doesn’t take shit from anyone. Yet, she’s respected and admired.
When she finishes her call, she plops down next to me, letting her head rest against the back of the couch. “I got you out of your lease. You have until the end of the week to pack up and leave.” She turns her head, leaving it resting on the couch and smiles. “I’ll help you pack don’t worry.”
I tilt my head trying to understand what the hell just happened. “Wait, what? Who did you call?”