Fate's Surrender (Eternal Sorrows Book 3) by Sarra Cannon (android based ebook reader txt) 📕

was it from the hotel to your place?” Parrish asked. “I just want to get some kind of reference in my head for how dangerous this is going to be. How many blocks?”

He paused again.

“More than eighty, but I’m not sure of the exact distance.”

Parrish nearly fainted.

He’d carried Zoe eighty blocks across New York City?

Okay, she needed to shut up and just let him make some decisions about what was best. She obviously had not understood the extent of his abilities.

“Eighty blocks? Man are you serious?” Crash asked. “Damn, okay. Do your thing, boss. We’ll meet you at the river. You with me on this, Parrish?”

“It still scares me, but yeah. I’m with you,” she said.

David nodded. “Then, let me ask you for one more thing,” he said. “Patience. I understand you are anxious to be reunited with your sister, Parrish, but careful planning will pay off for us in this instance. It’s supposed to rain for a few days, too, and I don’t think your journey through the water will be as smooth as you’d need it to be. Give me a few days to check out the rivers with my own eyes. We can communicate every evening like this, and Crash and I can work out several routes and plans in case things go wrong.”

Parrish looked to Noah, and he nodded.

She sighed. She did not like the idea of having to wait a few more days, but this was not a stroll through D.C. or Philly. This was New York. David was right. They needed to make as much of a plan as they could.

Besides, a few days would give them time to practice their powers a bit. Test different things and maybe have an actual shot at getting out of there alive.

“Okay,” she said, finally. “We’ll do it your way.”

They spent the next half hour discussing their plan and deciding on a time to talk again tomorrow evening.

“We’ll talk to you tomorrow, then,” Parrish said. “I love you, Zoe. I’ll see you soon.”

Tears flooded to the surface as she said it, realizing just how close she was to seeing her sister again.

Please, God, don’t let anything take this away from me. Not after everything we’ve all been through.

“David, promise me you’ll keep her safe,” she said.

“I’ll do everything in my power,” he said. “I promise.”

“It’s going to be okay,” Zoe said. “We’ll all be together soon.”

“Good night,” David said. “Don’t give up hope. We’ve survived worse. Trust me.”

His image wavered and then disappeared.

Parrish let go of the hands she’d been holding and fell into Noah’s arms, unable to contain her tears.

Zoe was truly safe, and it wouldn’t be long now until they were all finally reunited.

Twenty-Four

Crash

Crash spread out what was left of his equipment on the kitchen table and booted everything up.

He really should have taken time to look for some better tech along the way.

Between the cracked screen on Karmen’s old iPhone and the junky keys on his laptop, he was already missing his sweet rig back in his old apartment.

He’d spent so much time and money building that computer setup, it had broken his heart to leave it behind.

Now, though, there was billions of dollars of useless tech and computer equipment just laying around in people’s cars and houses. If it wasn’t dark out, he would have been tempted to go around to some of the fancy houses in this neighborhood and see what he could find.

Maybe that’s what he’d do tomorrow morning, if he could convince Noah to go along with him. His strength might come in handy if Crash found a few nice systems.

There had actually been a decent computer in one of the rooms down here, but he didn’t feel like going into a bedroom all by himself. He’d spent enough of his life alone in small rooms.

Besides, he was hoping Karmen would stick around and hang out.

“Where are you two lovebirds going?” he asked as Parrish and Noah slipped around the corner toward the stairs.

It wasn’t like he really needed to ask, but he did want to make sure they had a plan for who was going to keep watch through the night. He had a lot of research to do, and he wanted to make sure it wasn’t all going to fall on his shoulders.

“We’re going to try to get some rest for a while,” Parrish said. “We’ll be in the master bedroom. First door on the left up the stairs.”

“I’ll be back down in a few hours to take over the watch for a while,” Noah said.

Crash lifted his chin. “See ya then. Get some rest.”

He cleared his throat and glanced at Karmen, who was going through some fashion and design books in the massive living room. He’d turned on a few of the lights here in the main open living room and kitchen area, and he’d also turned on the lights out front so they could see if anyone was approaching from the road.

So far, though, it was ridiculously quiet.

He wished that was comforting, but these days, quiet was terrifying.

“So, want to help me look at footage of New York?” he asked.

She shook her head and turned a page in the book she was reading. “I think seeing what New York looks like right now is only going to scare the crap out of me,” she said. “Besides, I don’t know how you’re going to see anything from a satellite at night.”

“These satellites are always taking pictures,” he said, typing in some coordinates and hacking into a few government websites.

He wondered if there was anyone left who was actually still checking this stuff, anymore. Was there any form of government left in the world?

“I should be able to pull up images from earlier today when it was still light outside. I’m also pulling up any surveillance cameras I can find close to where David lives. What are you looking at over there?”

“These pictures all seem so ridiculous now,” she said softly, turning another page. “And to think