Read Online Ascend (Wolf in Exile Part 3): Werewolf Shifter/Vampire Paranormal Romance by Ambrielle Kirk, Amber Ella Monroe - Free Book Online

voices were heard. One of the voices stood out the most. The voice and his commands hurt and betrayed her. It was Gavin. Her lover. He had betrayed her.
    “She’s seen too much. Get rid of her,” Gavin said. “Clean up her memory first. Three doses.”
    He issued more terse commands, but her head spun out of control. She felt sick. And used. The voice belonged to Gavin, all right. The man she’d trusted. Only, the people he commanded didn’t call him Gavin. They called him Gavril.
    Kalena’s blood thundered. Her heart pounded wildly as she gripped Thane’s hands harder.
    More images…
    Sex on black satin sheets with a man who could have been Thane. Only it wasn’t Thane. It was Gavin. She was in love with Gavin, but she could tell Gavin did not love her. He didn’t want to commit. He just wanted her body.
    Kalena gasped and tried to shake the vampire’s lure, but she couldn’t. She wanted it to stop. The images had to stop. This couldn’t have been her life. It couldn’t have been…but as the moment passed, she realized that it was.
    She’d had a lover while working at Silex Pharmaceuticals. She’d met him in the elevators on the way home from work one day.
    “Hi there, beautiful lady.”
    He was handsome. Tall and dark. Hard-set jawline. A full set of perfect, masculine lips. Impeccably dressed.
    “Hi.”
    He grinned. A dark smirk that had sent shivers up her spine.
    “You look kind of lost,” he said.
    “That’s because I am. I forgot where I parked my car this morning. I’m kind of new.”
    “Can I help you find it?”
    She’d hesitated at first, but then she saw the Silex Pharmaceuticals brand on his briefcase. “Oh, you work for Silex, too?”
    He quickly switched the briefcase to the other hand. “Not really. I was on an assignment here today. I’m an independent investor, so to speak.” He held out his palm. “I’ll help you find your car.”
    “I don’t even have your name.”
    “My name is…Gavin. And you are?”
    “Kalena.”
    They’d met for dinner the next night. They’d gone out on dates at least two nights a week. She’d been intimate with him on the first date and every date thereafter. She’d never seen him at Silex Pharmaceuticals again. And not once had she made the connection between Gavin, her lover, and Gavril Silex, the CEO.
    Tomas siphoned ounce after ounce, drawing on her memory until she was too weak to decipher them anymore. Without warning, the vampire extracted his fangs and shoved back away from her as if revolted.
    Kalena’s eyes flew open and connected directly with the confused gaze of Thane.
    “Oh, my God,” she panted and grasped her chest.
    “What’s wrong?” Thane helped her toward the chair.
    “She…your brother…” the vampire muttered from the opposite corner of the room.
    “My brother what? Did you get the code?” Thane urged impatiently.
    “Yes, but…” Tomas didn’t have time to finish.
    Jugkar pushed a pad and pencil into the vampire’s hand. “Write down the damn code before you lose it.”
    Tomas did as he was told, and Jugkar snatched the notepad from him and got to work on all three laptops.
    “I’m sorry, Thane,” Kalena muttered, her eyes watering on instinct. The betrayal she’d felt back at the labs when she’d found out Gavin—Gavril—wanted his men to get rid of her still fresh from the memory retrieval .
    “Why? Why are you sorry?” Thane looked panicked beyond reason. He turned to Tomas. “Why is she sorry?”
    Tomas arched a brow at her. “Are you gonna tell him?”
    “I didn’t know…I didn’t know he was your brother.”
    “She might be confused,” Tomas said and then slit his wrist with his own fangs and held it out to Thane. “The memory is still fresh in my blood for the taking. Won’t be for long…”
    Thane shook his head. “I’m not interested in taking vampire blood.”
    Tomas nodded toward her. “Then she’ll have to tell you herself.”
    “Tell me what, Kalena?” Thane