Endless Night (Fate's Intent Book 3) by April Bowles Read Free Book Online

Adele anymore. They’ve always known. I was commanded to tell them everything I saw and it’s been worse for me just having to say it. You may have wanted to be saved then but you sure as shit don’t now.”
    The next thing I remember, the door slammed shut and he was gone.
    He was right though, wasn’t he? I didn’t want to be saved but worse, my father had always known. My pulse raced and I knew I had to get to him before Ryon got the chance to tell him they were here. I wasn’t ready for that but I was ready to go.
    Just as I had turned from the door, it opened again.
    “You had to just ruin his night, didn’t you?”
    I turned and immediately looked away from Kole’s dangerous gray eyes. “It’s not what I wanted.”
    “And this isn’t what I wanted. You ready? We have to go.”
    “I just have to get my shoes. Stay here. I’ll be right down.”
    Kole just laughed as I walked away. He probably already knew but I was going to play this out as I have been until my father would finally say something to me. I wasn’t the only one lying this week.
    “You all right?” I walked through my door and Jaylyn was right there to make sure everything was okay as usual.
    “Fine.” It was a lie. “Kole’s downstairs waiting for us. We should probably think about going.”
    I wanted to tell them but I didn’t want them to worry, especially when we had to leave them here. Jaylyn never would if she knew they knew.
    “Are you sure you’re all right?” Zayden asked.
    “Yeah, I am but he might come back. If he does, it’ll be—not good. He fought hard not to let his temper out here but he won’t do that again and I need you to do something for me.”
    “Kill him?” Darius asked.
    “No!” My voice snapped just for him then I turned back to Zayden, touching his arms that were crossed in front of his chest. “I need you to listen to him.”
    “What?!” He dropped his arms and took a step back from my preposterous request.
    I knew he was going to hate it before I said anything but he had to know the logic behind it. “Please. Just do as he says. Submit to his will and he won’t do anything so abruptly. It’ll give us time to get back.”
    “I am not—”
    “Zayden! It won’t be as easy as you think and I don’t want you killing him. He’s not going to come back alone. Kole will surely be with him.”
    “So, you won’t be distracting him?”
    “I won’t be able to. If Ryon wants things to go his way then he’ll need Kole.”
    “What exactly is his gift?”
    “Well, first, let me just tell you that Kole’s normal skill is mostly with a bow.”
    Ruby laughed. “Yeah. He practically sleeps with the thing on.”
    “No he doesn’t.” Jaylyn said.
    “Okay! Enough!” I cut in. We didn’t have time for this. I took a breath when they quieted down. “Who cares if he sleeps with it? The point is, he has a flawless form and can shoot an arrow through a stone wall. So imagine what one could do to your head. If that wasn’t bad enough, Trever had to go completely out of his mind and insist on getting him a gift. Trying to narrow down what it actually is, is hard but he’s the most dangerous person you’ll ever meet. He’s the only one that can stop anything I do and that would make him your biggest threat. Don’t provoke him. If he wants to kill you, he will and there would be nothing I could do to stop him. So, please just listen and chances are they won’t think to kill you before my father gets his turn.”
    “How do you know?”
    I didn’t want to say it. I felt the knot growing in my throat but kept the result of it in long enough to answer. “Because I already hurt him enough. Ryon would never ever hurt me and he knows killing you would. You’re actually lucky.”
    Zayden laughed. “Lucky? Yeah. I have competition the second I get here.”
    “There’s no competition.” I tried to make it clear by getting right in close to him. “You’ve already won.” I even leaned in on my