“I would never want to go back,” she said, and she meant it. “This is who I am. It’s who I always was. I just didn’t know it until you showed me.”
She felt as she always had for Dylan, but with the darkness that had overshadowed it pushed away on the wind. Dylan threw an arm around her the way he liked to and drew her into a slow walk into the woods.
“Movie night?” he asked. “A little sci-fi action, maybe?”
They’d been back at the lodge for only a few weeks and already Faith had endured a dozen space movies, some of them twice.
“Throw in a romantic comedy and you got a deal,” Faith said, looking off into the trees.
Dylan’s laugh drifted up into the tree branches overhead.
“Let’s get Hawk and Jade in on this, double feature.”
It was hard to imagine a time wasn’t coming when the Quinns would escape and they’d be drawn back into a conflict they hadn’t signed up for. But Faith was finally starting to understand how life worked. You didn’t get to choose what the world would require of you. You got to choose only how you responded.
For now, and hopefully for a long time to come, the four of them would make a home at the lodge, way up on the mountain where trouble couldn’t find them. Faith and Dylan would explore the woods in the summer, read away the winter with real books from the lodge while the fire roared. They’d watch a lot of old movies and fall asleep in each other’s arms.
And that would be more than enough.
Acknowledgments
Starting a trilogy is easy, finishing is hard. Many people to thank!
At the top of my list is Katherine Tegen, who deserves many flowers and glasses of champagne for lending her formidable skills to this series. World-class editing, check! Patience, calmness, humor, and grace—check times four! All caps HUG, I can’t thank you enough.
For the pro team at HarperCollins. The talent! The passion! The incredible work that puts these books on the map: Lauren Flower, Katie Bignell, Onalee Smith, and Kelsey Horton.
Amy Ryan and Joel Tippie—of all my books these are my favorite covers, and that’s saying something.
For Peter Rubie, agent extraordinaire and friend for life. Thank you, buddy.
Lucy Podmore and Rose Brock—Texas is so lucky! Thank you for your incredible encouragement; it means a lot more than you realize.
Squire, Jeremy, and Skip: during the writing of these books we traveled some hard roads together—and hey, we’re still kickin’! Thanks, guys.
For Walt, Michael, and Tony. You arrived at a time when I was alone and it made all the difference. GBFL.
And in the end these books are always for Karen, Sierra, and Reece, who make everything possible.
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PATRICK CARMAN is the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed series as the Land of Elyon and Atherton, the teen superhero novel Thirteen Days to Midnight, and the first two books in the Pulse series. A multimedia pioneer, Patrick authored The Black Circle, the fifth title in the 39 Clues series, and the groundbreaking Dark Eden, Skeleton Creek, and Trackers books. An enthusiastic reading advocate, Patrick has visited more than one thousand schools, developed village library projects in Central America, and created author outreach programs for communities. He lives in Walla Walla, Washington, with his family. You can visit him online at www.patrickcarman.com.
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Books by Patrick Carman
PULSE
TREMOR
DARK EDEN
DARK EDEN: PHANTOM FILE
DARK EDEN: EVE OF DESTRUCTION
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Carman, Patrick.
Quake / Patrick Carman. — First edition.
pagescm
Sequel to: Tremor.
Summary: Teens Faith and Dylan finally go head-to-head with the mastermind behind their “pulses.”
ISBN 978-0-06-208590-0 (hardcover)
EPub Edition © January 2015 ISBN 9780062086013
[1. Science fiction. 2. Psychic ability—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C21694Quk2015 2014013837
[Fic]—dc23 CIP
AC
1516171819PC/RRDH10987654321
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