Flashback ( PDFDrive )

Tam shivered. “I don’t know how that’s possible. But those creepy
things wouldn’t obey any of my commands. I had to wrap my
shadowvapor around them and control that—and when I finally pulled
them free, they wouldn’t fade. They just . . . slithered away.”
“Seriously, it was one of the freakiest things I’ve ever seen,” Dex
said with a shudder.
“Yeah, my Shade Mentor and I have a lot to talk about,” Tam
mumbled.
Sophie glanced at Elwin. “Fitz won’t have any permanent damage,
will he?”
“It’s a little too early to tell about scars,” he admitted, pouring a
second dose of the floral medicine into her mouth, “but I have
everything else covered. We talked before I put him under, and he
sounded good. Exhausted and weak, of course—and super worried
about you. But his mind was sharp and his vitals were strong. He even
convinced his mom and sister to go home and rest, so that should tell
you something.”
Sophie closed her eyes, repeating the words until they felt real.
“Then why did you sedate him?”
“I want to keep his pulse slow and steady for a bit, so I can run
some tests on his heart—just to double-check a few things. Not
because he’s in any danger. Plus, I needed to set his broken leg.”
“Is it a bad break?” She could still hear the horrible crack.
“Unfortunately, yes. The bone split in three different places.” He let
out a sigh. “But they were clean breaks, so the marrow regenerator
should seal them pretty fast. Same goes for his cracked ribs. Then it’s
just all the nerve and tissue damage from the force field, and—”