Absolution of Fate (Fate Series Book 3) by S. Simone Chavous Read Free Book Online

now, we’ll be discovered and you won’t have time to save him,” he said aloud and into her mind for emphasis as he channeled her telepathy.

    “I’m sorry,” Alexa began, never taking her eyes off of Ethan. The glow in his eyes was fading and he turned away from her. “Please hurry, Dante.”

    In a flash, they were beneath the first camera where Dante made quick work of inserting the looping program he’d convinced Jester was needed for a recon mission in the city. Per Jester’s instructions, it would need twenty seconds to record the feed to loop. In the meantime, Dante moved them to camera on the other side of the room and repeated the process.

    “This is the longest twenty seconds of my life,” Alexa stated, eager to finally reveal herself to Ethan.

    Dante looked at the watch he’d strapped on specifically for this mission as the last few seconds ticked away. It was all he could do to keep his eyes on the digital screen. He’d vowed to not as much as look at Layla until he had Alexa safely in the room and Martinez could keep an eye on her and Ethan. Of course, he couldn’t admit it to Cami, but she had been right to worry about him. He didn’t exactly know what he was going to do when he finally saw Layla, but he was fairly certain, based on the scenarios that had been running through his head, that Cami wouldn’t like it.
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    Ethan moved, intent on returning to his solitary space on the cold floor and the silent torture of his own mind until a flash of movement caught his eye.

    He turned towards the source of motion, immediately falling to his knees as he took in Alexa’s beautiful form standing a few short feet away.

    I’m dreaming. He thought, never blinking or taking his eyes from her face. But he didn’t recall allowing himself to sleep. Since becoming infected, he’d needed very little sleep and avoided it as much as possible because when he did dream, it was always the same nightmare. It was never anything as beautiful as what was before his eyes now. Perhaps, over the weeks, his memory of her had faded. Standing on the outside of his cell, she looked different somehow; more beautiful than he remembered if that was even possible.

    Am I dead ? he thought, hopeful that that was the case and this wasn’t the start of a new nightmare or some sort of deception perpetrated by Lucias.

    Despite the tears streaming down her face, Alexa smiled. Seeing the confusion and disbelief on Ethan’s face and hearing the darkness of his thoughts, she placed her hand against her heart and dropped the mental shields she had in place to lessen the effects of their bond. She focused on all the love and joy she was feeling in that moment. The emotion was so powerful as it flowed between them, that Ethan’s pain disappeared and his beast cowered in a dark corner of his mind.

    For the first time since he transitioned, Ethan cried.

    How can this be? Before the thought fully passed through his mind, he saw evidence of the change in Alexa as she moved with vampire speed to the panel which controlled the door to his cell.  

    Before he knew what was happening, the glass shifted. Alexa’s scent filled his nostrils. His happiness at knowing she lived hadn’t fully formed when the beast again reared its ugly head and a hunger overwhelmed him unlike any he’d known since he was first infected. He craved Alexa’s blood so much it hurt. Panic flooded over him as he struggled for control.

    Oh God, not again!

    He bolted away, pushing himself back against the furthest corner of his cage. The small enclosure couldn’t possible provide enough distance to lessen the effect her scent had on him, but he had to try. Despite his growing bloodlust and the pain that accompanied it, one undeniable thought reverberated in his mind. He couldn’t go through it again. He wouldn’t survive losing her twice.

    Then something gave him a sliver of hope. In his fight for control, his eyes moved from Alexa and he saw for the first