Flashback ( PDFDrive )

wrong—and it made it so we couldn’t track any of you after Dex and
Wylie left.”
“Has anyone given you anything that you keep with you all the
time?” Magnate Leto asked.
“Not unless you count my Cognate rings.”
“It couldn’t be them,” Alden jumped in. “I’ve known the jeweler
Fitz bought them from for decades.”
“Yeah, well I was planning a wedding for Brant and Jolie,” Grady
reminded him, “so sometimes people aren’t who we think they are.”
Sophie wished he were standing closer so she could hug him.
“I suppose you’re right, my friend,” Alden said quietly. “Much as I
hate to turn paranoid, past experience has proven that trust can be
misguided. We should test Sophie’s rings before we rule them out.”
Keefe sighed. “Don’t waste your time.”
“Why not?” Sophie asked.
“Because Fitz never makes those kinds of mistakes. That’s my
specialty.”
“I think we’re going to need a little more explanation than that,”
Magnate Leto told him.
“I know. It’s just . . .” Keefe’s eyes shifted to Sophie, and he looked
like the Most Miserable Boy in the Universe. “If you didn’t hate me
before, you’re definitely going to hate me for this.”
“Will you please stop worrying about that?” she asked. “I’m never
going to hate you.”
“You should.” He trudged over and snatched the chain for the
ruined monocle pendant she hadn’t realized she was still wearing.
He pulled hard, snapping the clasp and holding it out to Magnate
Leto. “Test this. I bet anything you’ll find it’s a tracker.”