Darkness Fades (Darkness Falls Series, Book 3) Read Online Free

against mine, the strange emotions I had, how much I
liked it, how much I want to do it again, feel all those
things again. Anger swells inside me. Sylas shouldn’t have to
suffer.
    You don’t want to kiss him again… you
just think you do. I kick a rock in my path and it flies up in
the air, almost hitting Aiden in the back.
    Wait a minute, Aiden.
    Rushing up behind him, I quickly snatch hold
of the back of his shirt and jerk him to a stop. Then, I tug him
around to face me. “You never told me what the hell was going on
back there.” I point over my shoulder. “When you were trying to
kiss me… it felt like you were putting thoughts into my head, like
you were trying to manipulate my thoughts.”
    He smiles at me arrogantly and I have to
resist the urge to slap him. “I was just trying to help you. Deep
down inside, you really want to be with me and so I was giving you
a little push.”
    I shake my head and shove him out of my way,
stepping around him and heading for the cave that’s in the rocky
cliff not too far from here. “I’m warning you now, never to do that
again or you’ll pay,” I threaten, however I’m not sure if I really
mean it.
    “I’m sorry,” he says, but I can hear the
smile in his voice. “It worked so well on the guards that I wanted
to test it on you. I’d never force you to do anything and I would
have stopped it if I thought you didn’t really want to.” He catches
up with me and captures my gaze. “Do you forgive me?”
    I shrug because I’m not sure if I do or
not.
    The cave rests in an area that is surrounded
by cliffs. The sun is almost rising by the time we reach the
entrance, which is blocked by a boulder to keep out the
vampires.
    After we breezily climb up the side of the
hill, I slide the boulder out of the way then duck down and step
inside, Aiden following right behind me. He doesn’t bother closing
the entrance back up, since the sun will be up soon and the
abominations and vampires only come out at night.
    Everyone is fast asleep in the back section
of the cave, but the noise we make ends up waking everyone. Maci
opens her eyes and immediately jumps up, squealing as she runs
towards me and wraps her arms around me. I awkwardly return her
enthusiastic hug, giving her a pat on the back.
    Her eyes sparkle with excitement as she
pulls away. “Kayla, I knew you’d make it back alive, just like I
knew Aiden would save you. I really missed you.”
    “I missed you, too.” I pat her on the head
then pry her arms away from me, so she skips off to hug Aiden.
    I sit down on the dirt floor, lean my back
against the rock walls and shut my eyes, feeling Tristan’s eyes on
me from the corner of the cave.
    “Where’s Sylas?” he asks.
    I open my eyes and look at him for a moment,
wondering if I seem as different as he does. “He—”
    Maci cuts me off, moving in front of me.
“Sylas is gone,” she announces sadly.
    Greyson steps out from a dark corner of the
cave, his hands tucked in the pockets of his pants. His red hair is
sticking up all over the place and his brows are furrowed. “You
mean he is dead?” he asks Maci.
    “No, not dead, just gone,” she says and then
whispers, “He’s something different now.”
    Everyone looks at me, but all I can do is
stare at Maci. Gone. Sylas is gone. I feel like I can’t
breath.
    “What do you mean he’s something different,”
I ask Maci, getting to my feet.
    “I mean he’s not a Day Taker,” she says
simply.
    Aiden says something to me, but I can’t seem
to find my voice. He’s not a Day Taker anymore, which means what? I
think I know, but it hurts to admit it.
    Sylas has become an abomination.

Chapter 4

    Is he really one of those hideous
monsters? Will he be sent to kill us? My thoughts make me sick
and the sensation only heightens when everyone simply stares at me,
as if they’re waiting for me to explain. But I can’t—won’t. I
refuse to accept it yet. I can’t breathe.
    I swiftly get to my feet and head