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

tiptoes and kissed him just to make him end it. “We have to go before Kole decides to come up here and he’s the one I really don’t want you meeting yet so please just be subtle and don’t give them a reason to hurt you.”
    “All right. We’ll try that.”
    “Thank you.” I kissed him again, ready to turn away.
    “Wait, I don’t think we’re done. Isn’t there another gift we don’t know about?”
    “You and us both.” Jaylyn muttered.
    I laughed. “What she means is, we don’t know what it is. Trever has one too but he won’t tell us.”
    “We have to guess.” Jaylyn sighed.
    “Yes, well, you shouldn’t spend your time worrying about that. You probably won’t see him yet. He’s usually found wherever my father is and I really don’t want to get to that yet.”
    “So, we’re just supposed to stay here?” Darius asked.
    “It’s probably better if you do.” Ruby said. “We won’t be that long. We just have to show our faces under these masks to the Queen so she knows we were there and be done.”
    “Shh!” Jaylyn snatched, holding up both her hands. “Kole’s coming. He must be getting impatient.”
    “Well, that’s a great start. Let’s go.”
    I headed for the door with her but Jaylyn’s sudden anxious voice stopped me. “You know what? You go ahead. I’ll catch up.”
    I turned right around. “Oh, no you don’t. You’re coming with us.”
    She took a step back. “I can’t.”
    “Why not?”
    She hesitated while shifting her eyes around. “I can’t be around Kole right now. If I see him, I’m going to kill him. Just go ahead and I’ll meet you there.”
    I didn’t know if this was some kind of game she was playing just to get out of going at all but I knew one thing for sure, I didn’t like it. “And if you don’t—”
    “I will. I promise. Just distract him so I don’t see him.”
    I still didn’t like it but I knew we had to leave. I needed to get to my father. “All right but you better be a few minutes behind us.”
    She nodded and I had to trust that she’d keep her word.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 11
     
     
    Troy
     
    She was still, cold with her eyes on the door. She seemed to really hate Kole and I was glad to hear it but something still seemed wrong. She didn’t even want to see him and I was worried about why, about what he could have done.
    She finally turned around and shown me that smile I longed to see but it was nothing more than fake.
    “I’m sorry.” She said. “This is awkward to talk about.”
    “Of course I want to know.” I told her truthfully. “But I wasn’t going to ask.”
    “It’s complicated—sort of. He talks and I do the worst possible thing; I listen.”
    Now it all became clear. It had to do with me. Perhaps the reason she stayed away so long. He made her believe I wasn’t coming and I could see she regretted every second of it.
    “None of it matters.”
    I took her in my arms and she relaxed in them. “I know that but he’s going to pay.”
    “From what I hear, that will be hard to do.”
    She pulled away and met my eyes. “Someone has to and I’m the only one that can.”
    “Really?”
    We both looked and Zayden was looking very curious with his arms folded like somehow he didn’t think it was possible and I was about to think the same.
    “You’ll just have to trust me. I’ll handle it.”
    “Be careful.” I warned, already fearing something happening to her if she tried.
    “You don’t have to worry about me but I should probably get going. They’re close.”
    “Okay.”
    She put her arms around me tightly but only hugged me for a brief moment. “Just worry about keeping yourself safe and I’ll be back as quick as I can.”
    I nodded and just like that she was gone and we were left alone.
    “Great to see you again.” Darius said.
    I laughed only for the humor I found in seeing her for what seemed like a mere minute. “It was.”
    “You know what he told her?”
    “Isn’t it obvious?