Absolution of Fate (Fate Series Book 3) Read Online Free PDF

heart as he drained every drop of blood.  

    But as quickly as the monster started to rise, a calming presence enveloped his mind and overwhelming grief gripped what was left of his heart.

    Alexa . he thought, sinking back into his normal spot. He continued to feel her as strongly as ever, and though he knew it was only in his mind, she was the only thing that allowed him to hold on to the tiny shred that remained of who he once was. At the same time, feeling her in that way was the worst form of torture. He often wished it would stop, that he could just give in to the beast and his bloodlust and never look back, but he’d promised to hold on as long as he could for her, because it is what she would want.

    There came a point with all infected when, while they resembled who they once were and were basically in control, they no longer had any humanity. No remorse. No love. They followed orders without question and they took what they wanted from whoever was unlucky enough to stumble across their path and never looked back. For most, it occurred as part of the initial transformation; but for Ethan, it was different.

    As had become the normal progression of his silent torture, his thoughts turned to Chloe, and the scene of her giving herself over to Lucias replayed in his mind. For the briefest of moments he tried to convince himself that he will rescue her, hoping in some way that it will give him redemption for his sins against Alexa, but his beast’s low guttural laugh mocks him. He was powerless to act against his master, so he would remain just as he was; a feral animal in the cage it deserved.
    ✧
    After seeing the pain his friend had been in for the past week, and knowing how powerful Chloe was, as Dante suspected it didn’t take much persuading to get Martinez to agree to help them, and Layla was Jasmine’s best friend, so she was in without any hesitation.

    He stood completely still; concentrating on the impenetrable mist he was casting over himself, Dante, and Alexa as they waited for Jared’s signal.  

    With Cami still being allowed access to all areas of the compound, except the lab where Ethan and Layla were being held, it was easy enough sneaking the veiled trio to within a few yards of the final door they needed to pass through. For two days after devising their entry plan, Cami had been watching the Commander and the scientists who were allowed access to Ethan and Layla, carefully noting the amount of time that passed between Claesson opening the outer door and the scientist exiting, which they were able to do simply using the general access code for most doors to the compound. This was a lucky piece of information Alexa was able to pluck from one of the unsuspecting vampire’s minds when he wasn’t making much of an effort to keep up his mental shields.  

    “I’m so nervous,” Alexa whispered, so quietly that Dante wouldn’t have been able to hear if he weren’t a vampire.  

    “You don’t have to whisper, Alexa. Martinez’s mojo blocks the sound, too,” Dante said, feeling rather anxious himself, more from the thought of seeing Layla rather than the worry of being caught. As far as he was concerned, there wasn’t much the Commander could do to him that was worse than what he was living through already.  

    “I know; it just feels weird talking with the guard so close,” Alexa said a little more loudly, as she continued to watch the guard talking to Cami and Jared.  

    Cami had concocted a reason to enter the corridor so they could chat with the guard and distract him while the others snuck in. There was a soldier tasked with delivering blood to the various guards posted around the compound and, while he’d been making his rounds near the residential wing, Jasmine lured him into her quarters where Cami hit him with a powerful sedative dart. Cami hated involving anyone else, but she couldn’t very well risk discovery by shooting the unsuspecting vampire in the corridor, which was