Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“Yeah, but she said that when they were trying to scare Wylie into
turning himself in,” Dex reminded her, fidgeting with the strap of his
sling. “I really thought he was going to.”
“So did I.” And she had a feeling Wylie would have if the final
attack he’d tried hadn’t worked. “Why was he with you?”
“Total coincidence. I was at his house when the panic switch went
off, and he insisted on helping. Then we got there and you were
screaming and Gethen said Wylie’s name and . . . well . . . you know
the rest.”
She did.
And she was trying hard not to relive it.
“Why were you with Wylie in the first place?” Tam asked. “Linh
had hailed him earlier to see if he wanted to meet up, and he said he
was busy doing memory exercises with his dad.”
“That’s what he was doing when I got there. I didn’t tell him I was
coming. I just wanted to see what he thought of some of the stuff
Luzia Vacker said at the Tribunal, since he’s a Flasher too.”
“Luzia Vacker,” Elwin repeated, scratching one of his cheeks.
“Now, there’s a name I rarely hear. What’d she say?”
“Nothing major. It just felt like she was giving really weak excuses
for why she used to live at Everglen—like how she needed somewhere
peaceful after a long day of bending the sun and stuff.”
“That’s not as weak as it sounds,” Elwin told him. “Light has a
weight to it—I never felt it until I manifested. And if I don’t take
breaks from it, the constant pressure can really drag me down.”
“That’s what Wylie said too,” Dex admitted. “But that still doesn’t
explain why she picked Everglen specifically. It gets dark everywhere,
you know?”