Storm: a Salt novel (Entangled Teen) by Ellison Danielle

Author:Ellison, Danielle [Ellison, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: teen paranormal romance, love at first sight, first love, paranormal, demons, young adult novel, witches
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-09-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Carter

The heart monitor is a constant steady beeping. That sound has become this soothing noise. As long as it’s beeping then she’s breathing. Breathing means alive. Alive means I stay right here. I run my hand over Pen’s hair. I expect her to wake up and demand a cookie. Whatever happened to her, I just want her to wake up. It’s been thirty-six hours since those Nons found her and Connie behind the pizza place, and I want her to wake up.

I glance up and Dad’s face appears in the window on the door again. He stares in, and I stare out. I haven’t talked to him much since Pen got put in the hospital, but the last we spoke he’d asked if there was something he should know about her. I said no. I had him agree the Triad wouldn’t tell Pen’s grandparents that she had been marked. And then he said, “That girl is trouble.” As much as I’d wanted to, I refrained from flipping him off.

After a few seconds, he walks away from the window. The Triad has been here since yesterday. They don’t know what happened out there, either, or why. Was it a demon? Was it Connie?

Or was it something else?

Given all that I know about the mark, she shouldn’t have magic. But the demon had said the void would still be working with the mark. If Pen does have magic, even though she’s completely separated from the essence, then she’s using the void. I can’t use the void that way. I can’t even access it, but Pen can. If Pen was involved in what happened out there, if she used the void to do all this, then it’s a game-changer. Not that I’m even sure what game we’re playing anymore.

The door opens and Frank comes in. “Any change?” I ask about Connie.

“Connie is stable, finally,” he says. He looks down at Penelope and I see the exhaustion in his eyes. I can’t imagine what it’s like for him to have both of his granddaughters in the hospital without explanation. “This is really hard on Deb,” he says. He’s not looking at me. He’s probably talking to himself, but I listen anyway. “She’s in there with Connie now. You watch your kids go after these impossible things, and you worry about what could happen to them, but then it happens. When it was Genevieve, we didn’t even have this moment of wondering. She was just gone. I don’t know what’s worse…”

“Pen and Connie aren’t going to die,” I say, still holding Pen’s hand. She won’t die. Neither of them will. They can’t. Frank looks at me. “They won’t. They’re strong girls, and Penelope’s too stubborn.”

Frank cracks a smile and rests his hand on my shoulder. “You’re a good boy, Carter. I’m glad she has you.”

“I couldn’t imagine not having her.”

“Penelope’s always been guarded, but not with you. Ever since you came around, she’s been more open. Less afraid. Almost as if she feels safe.”

I don’t know what to say to that so I don’t say anything.

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