Page 49 of In Dangerous Water

Austin’s lips twitched. “Let me go get your grandmother...” He started to reach for the door.

“Fine!” Kenna said. “Way to gang up on the injured.”

Austin chuckled. “I’m going to send Brynn back.” With that he slipped out, leaving me alone with Kenna.

Kenna sighed and dropped her head back against a pillow. “Can’t believe they’re keeping me overnight.”

“For observation,” I reminded her. “The car flipped, and you have a concussion. You absolutely should stay put.”

“They already did all the X-rays and scans.” She blew out a long breath. “Besides being bruised and sore, I’m fine.”

I rested my hand on her knee, and her color fluctuated. “No. You’renotfine,” I countered. “Even shielded, I can tell.”

“Don’t drop your shields in here,” Kenna said. “It’ll be too much with your empathy.”

“Shut up, Kenna,” I said firmly. “Now let me see.” I tugged the blanket aside and winced when I saw that her knee was dark purple and swollen.

“They were going to bring me some ice,” Kenna said through her teeth. “It’s only bruised. I hit my knee on the dashboard when the car flipped.”

“Did they give you anything for pain?” I wanted to know and stood to press the call button.

“They offered it,” Kenna gritted out. “I told them no.”

I shook my head at her stubbornness. “Hard ass.”

A nurse arrived, and she was carrying an ice pack and pain medication. “I’ll bet you want that pain medication now,” she said, noting Kenna’s pallor.

“Probably,” my sister said through her teeth. “Pain meds would be a good idea.”

By the time Brynn walked in with Skye, the nurse had Kenna’s knee propped up with a pillow, an ice pack in place, and had administered the pain meds into my sister’s IV.

“You look like hell, Kenna,” Skye said cheerfully. “Tried to go without pain meds, did you?”

The nurse smirked at that. “She did. But she’s feeling better now.”

Brynn rolled her eyes at the news. “Thank you,” she said to the nurse.

Kenna focused on Brynn. “Hi Brynn,” she said with a slight slur. “What are you doing here?”

Brynn smiled. “We came to check on you.”

Kenna squinted at Skye. “Oh. Hey, Skye.”

Skye walked over and dropped a gentle kiss on Kenna’s head. “The family is all here. Mom and Dad are catching a flight. They’ll be here in the morning.”

“There’s no need,” Kenna said drunkenly. “I’ll be outta here in an hour. I’m absolutely fine. I’ll still be able to help load up the flowers for the masquerade ball.”

Brynn shook her head. “Don’t you worry about that. Rest, Kenna.”

Reaching over, I rested my hand on Kenna’s arm. “Take a snooze, sweetie,” I told her and pushed some healing energy her way.

“That’s nice,” she said to me. “I can feel your magick, Cordy. It’s better than the drugs.”

“It’s the least I can do,” I said. “Close your eyes and relax now.”

Kenna’s eyes fluttered once. “Maybe I will take a nap.”

“You do that,” I said.

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