Destroyers of the Lost Garden (The Lost Garden Trilogy Book 3) by K.T. Tomb Read Free Book Online Page A

one of their own.
    Sulina folded her arms in front of her and placed her index and middle fingers on her lips while she examined the puzzle before her.
    “Ellisia, I hope that you have some ideas on how to get inside. I understand that since the doors operated on some sort of electronic mechanism, it could be a chore to open it.”
    Ellisia didn’t respond as she felt along the edge of the door. The doors slid open and closed when they worked. She inserted her fingers into the thin slot that the door slid into as Sulina saw the five soldiers that Alexey sent to spy on her. She was about to talk to them when suddenly there were three whooshing sounds. Three of the soldiers had blank expressions as they started to make gurgling sounds. Blood squirted from each of their necks as their head slid slowly off of their bodies. Each one hit the ground with a splat.
    The bodies of the men soon followed suit as they slumped to the ground. The other two men panicked as they raised their weapons toward Sulina. A tall blonde woman appeared before one man. In a blur of speed, she sliced through his neck with her machete.
    She was a Fallen.
    She then did a back roundhouse kick to the other soldier, when two more Fallen appeared and cut the soldier to pieces with their own machetes. After the man was dead they proceeded to feast on his flesh like wild animals. They tore his skin apart with their teeth as the blonde walked up to Sulina.
    Sulina shook her head.
    “You started my war with Konstantin earlier than I wanted by killing his men, Morina.”
    Morina embraced Sulina after being separated for too long. She breathed a sigh of relief and pushed back, so as not to smother her leader.
    Morina then looked up into the afternoon sky. She laughed and lifted her arms into the air. Her joy was as real as her confusion.
    “Is this your doing, my Queen? How is it that the Fallen are able to stand in sunlight? A miracle?”
    “Don’t go that far,” Sulina snarled. “We are in Eden. We are of Eden. Put us back into Eden and we gain strength and…certain immunities.”
    Morina glared at Ellisia.
    “What of the Daughter? She is a Fallen now? Did she eat of the Tree of Knowledge?”
    Sulina laughed.
    “Foolish Morina. I am the sister of Myora IL Eve and the first Fallen. I am the only one who can turn the Daughters without the assistance of any tree.I turned her for one reason only. Newly Fallen, her strength is incomparable and I have a task for her.” She looked at the three Fallen as her laughter ended abruptly. “What is this, Morina? Where is Gandil? Where are the others?”
    Morina lowered her head. “Forgive me, my Queen. We are all that escaped. Evan Knight proved more than formidable. He was aided by a Daughter. Jessima IL Eve.”
    There was a fire in Sulina’s eyes as her anger reached a height that Morina had never seen before.
    “Evan Knight? In trying to stay one step ahead of Konstantin, I almost forgot about the supposed Chosen One.”
    Morina, Ellisia, and the other Fallen dropped to their knees and were not prepared for what came next. Sulina grabbed large clumps of her own hair in frustration. She then let out a bloodcurdling scream that sounded more like the cry of a banshee.
    All in Eden heard the cry. Shala stopped near the cleansing pool of water and turned toward the sound. Alexey and his men who made their way through the forest froze in their tracks. Alexey smiled almost as if he knew the origin. The Daughters heard it as well, but continued to find places that would gain them an advantage in the battle to come.
    Sulina breathed heavily. “Get up my Fallen. We have work to do. Ellisia, take care of the door to the Daughters’ lair.”
    Without a thought, Ellisia wedged her fingers into the thin metal track that the door slid into once again. She then pulled back with considerable difficulty. The track started to give as Morina looked on in shock at the power of the Daughter. Every muscle in her arms strained