#WIP IT UP WEDNESDAY Excerpt from Outcast, Supernaturals Book 2

Good morning, ladies. I want to start by apologizing to the other authors for not getting to read everyone’s posts last week. I had two doctor’s appointment Wednesday—one gave me horrible panic attacks, as they tried to give me an MRI—then I was sick for a few days—mostly stressed induced. Friday night, my best friend’s step dad was shot and killed, and then on Sunday, a close friend of mines’ grandmother passed away. Needless to say, I wasn’t in the best frame of mine to do much of anything. This week has been a bit better. I hope your week has been amazing thus far.

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This week I’m continuing from my upcoming release, Outcast, Supernaturals Book 2, a paranormal romance. The release date for this one is set for May 28, 2016. This excerpt comes a few paragraphs into chapter 5. In this scene, we see how fed up with Pine Hollow Ryan and Danielle are, and how much they love Leigh.

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“This is true,” she said, grabbing Dave’s beer and downing the last half of it as we stared on in awe.

“What’s wrong with you?” Dave asked, taking the glass from her and shaking his head “no” at the bartender when he asked if they wanted more.

“Nothing.”

“Hey, that isn’t fair. We told you.”

“Okay. I just want to go on record as saying I hate our family. Ryan, you tell no one I said that.”

“You’re not getting any argument out of me. I’m growing to hate them also.”

“Why?” she asked, zeroing in on a way to deflect from her problems.

“Maybe after you guys are back from your honeymoon I’ll tell you both. I have some things to think about first. Is that cool?”

She eyed me suspiciously but nodded. Dave did the same.

“So why are we hating our families right now?” Dave asked, pulling her back on track.

“Because of Leigh. I sent her a text asking if she would be at the rehearsal, and she said no. Just no. Nothing else. A few minutes ago, I sent another one letting her know I was alone and heading down to the bar—I didn’t know the two of you were here. I asked if she would come have a drink with me before dinner, and she said no again. Just that one word. I know why she’s saying no, and it infuriates me. She didn’t come for the bachelorette party. She wouldn’t come early enough to spend one day with me. I even promised on every holy book on the planet it would only be the two of us, but that wouldn’t sway her. I’m losing her, Dave, and I don’t know what to do about it.”

Dave pulled Danielle into his arms as she burst into tears. I turned from them both, trying to silence the snarl that was attempting to burst from me. I downed my beer and was tempted to order another but didn’t. It would take too long and too much alcohol to get me drunk. I didn’t have the time or the patience for that right that moment. The wedding party and a few early guests would be arriving any moment. Dave and Danielle’s rehearsal dinner was not the place for me to show my ass.

I turned to see the helpless look on my friend’s face as he held his sobbing bride-to-be. If I knew how to help them, I would have, but nothing short of them leaving the pack would fix the problem they were facing, and as much as Danielle loves her sister, I wasn’t sure she would take that step.

Eventually, Danielle pulled away from him and wiped her face. Dave asked the bartender for a wet paper towel for her to use. The man nodded and handed her one. She tried to clean her face, but the tears that were streaming down her face hindered her progress.

“Shh…” Dave said and pulled her back to him. “Everything will work itself out.”

“How?” she asked.

“I’m not sure yet, but I have a feeling some big changes are coming. Your parents aren’t happy with things. I know they are playing the part until this is over just as we are, but this way of thinking can’t last. The Council is old and antiquated,” he said in a low voice. “Too many supernaturals are venturing out of our world and into the human one. They are finding lovers, making friends, building lives. If they can do it, so can we. Leigh is one human. Surely, they can grow to accept one human.”

“I don’t think that will ever happen,” Danielle said.

“It will,” Dave said, with more confidence than I think he felt.

“And if it doesn’t?” I asked, turning to face them. When neither of them said anything, I continued. “I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t live under such strict rules anymore.”

“What are you saying?” Dave asked, leaning in to whisper even lower.

I looked around and didn’t see anyone I knew, but that didn’t mean there wasn’t someone in the vicinity with sharp enough senses to hear me.

“I’m saying that sometime real soon, I’m leaving.” And if things go as I hope they do, I’ll be taking Leigh with me.”

“What?” Danielle asked, her eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.

“Never mind,” I said, cursing myself for the slip up. I hadn’t meant to say it. Didn’t know why I had. I hadn’t even touched the woman, but she felt as if she were mine.

“No. What does Leigh have to do with your plans?” she asked. “Is there something going on between the two of you I don’t know about? She hasn’t said, and I haven’t smelled your scent on her.”

“No, there isn’t anything going on yet, and there might not ever be, but…”

“Do you have feelings for my sister?” The hint of glee in her eyes was too much to bear.

“I don’t know.”

“Where will you go?” Dave asked, saving me from Danielle’s inquisition.

“I…” I didn’t get to finish my sentence because at that moment Danielle’s parents entered the restaurant. Her mother headed straight toward us, as her father went to confirm our reservations.

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 That’s it for today. I hope you enjoyed it.

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Outcast, Supernaturals Book 2, a paranormal romance.

 Leigh Alexander has lived every day of her life feeling like an outcast amongst her family and the small-minded people of Pine Hollow, a secretive community to which her parents belong. When Danielle, Leigh’s younger sister, asks Leigh to come home for her wedding, Leigh’s torn between wanting to be there for her sister and saving herself from people who’ve despised her all of her life.

 Knowing she’ll regret her decision, Leigh gives into her sister and goes home for what she hopes is the last time. Leigh was prepared for people to ignore her, for them to shun her, for them to point out all the ways she didn’t belong all because she wasn’t a size perfect, but what she hadn’t been prepared for was falling for Ryan Hart, a man who she will soon learn knows all of the secrets her family and the town of Pine Hollow refuse to tell her.

 Revealing the truth about Pine Hollow and the rest of the supernatural world might be forbidden, but to save Leigh’s life, Ryan will tell her everything about who she is, or more importantly who she isn’t, even if it will forever change her life and the lives of every person in Pine Hollow.

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Outcast     Chapter 1     Chapter 2     Chapter 3     

Chapter 4     Chapter 5

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