This World is Outrageous { BOOK 2 }

Chapter 11--Casper

Chapter 11

Casper

Fate clearly has a sense of humor.

Out of all people to stick with us, we get stuck with Ridge—who just so happens to be a somewhat converted Jotunn. It irritates me to have him along with us for the ride. It almost feels like a babysitting job. Typically, I am not the one to lose my cool—Bay does that for me. But now? The tables have turned and she is the one that has to calm me down.

When Ridge attacked her something inside of me clicked. I became overly protective of her, furious that he had the nerve to touch her in the slightest. I find myself more than furious that he didn't simply touch her—he full on punched her and to top it off tried to strangle her. He disgusts me. Whether he is in control of his actions as a Warrior or not, he still harmed Bay. And that alone makes my skin crawl.

Even after talking with Willow I still haven't unpinned the guy. Bay pries me off of him, working at each finger individually in order to get me to release him. She tugs me away with him with a strong force, causing me to lose my balance. I tumble into her and fall to the ground. I rotate myself so I land on the ground and she ends up landing atop of me, her head nearly hitting against mine. Very little distance remains between us as she stares down at me, her hair falling over her shoulder and blocking part of her face.

My eyes widen as I stare up at her. I clear my throat.

"Uh, hello." This friendship thing is hard for me. I find myself simply wanting to kiss her more than I have in the past four months of getting to know the girl called Bay Zachary.

"Hi." She murmurs as she slides off of me.

My heart sinks as she does but I remain silent. I sit up and rub the back of my head, staring at Ridge. "So, him."

"Yeah." Bay scratches her cheek that begins to bruise from the punch Ridge gave her.

"What do we—"

"I have no idea."

"I can hear you, you know?" Ridge growls.

"That's the point, genius." Bay rolls her eyes. She leans in close and whispers to me, "I vote we kill him."

I shake my head without hesitation. "Death is too easy."

She raises her brows. "What?"

"Death is the easy way out. If anything, I've learned living is much more of a punishment than death."

She stares at me. "Damn, that was incredibly hot."

I chuckle and stand to my feet. I offer my hand for her to take. "I try." I tease.

"Must the two of you flirt when I am standing right here?" Ridge announces with a disgusted groan.

Bay smirks and takes my hand as she pulls herself back onto her feet. I go to release my hand but realize she doesn't intend on letting go. A smirk tugs at my lips as I am secretly reminded of when I held her hand without permission. I had no intentions of letting it go then, and I have none of letting it go now. Perhaps this is what she is going for—giving me a taste of what I have done to her back in the woods in Narrowsburg, New York.

"Yes, we must. Now, I'm not exactly sure what I should call you. Whether it be Peak or traitor." Bay narrows her eyes at him. .

"It's still Ridge! Has been for twenty years!" He throws his hands up in annoyance, "as for traitor—"