Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“Yes, I did. But”—he took a long, heaving breath—“it’s never going
to happen again.”
“It won’t,” Magnate Leto agreed. “We’re going to learn from this
attack and be ready for whatever the Neverseen might be planning
next.”
“I’m sure you will,” Sandor told him, his voice squeakier than ever.
“But . . . that’s not what I meant.”
The tears in his eyes finally spilled over, carving trails through the
dried blood as he turned back to Sophie. “I meant that you need a
bodyguard who’s capable of protecting you. So I’m going to ask Queen
Hylda to reassign me.”