Flashback ( PDFDrive )

Sophie did as he asked. But she still got a taste of something that
reminded her way too much of the way sasquatches smelled.
“Ugh, what’s in that? Actually, never mind. I don’t think I want to
know.”
“You don’t. Here, this will help.” He handed her what looked like a
hard candy wrapped in silver paper—but the thing inside was black
and squishy and looked frighteningly like a dead bug.
“Just trust me,” Elwin told her.
That would’ve been a whole lot easier to do if Elwin hadn’t been
notorious for picking revolting flavors for the DNA panels on the
Foxfire lockers. But even bug guts would probably still be better than
liquid sasquatch, so she took a tiny bite and . . .
“Oh! It’s like a snickerdoodle.”
“Okay, I don’t know what a snickerdoodle is or why anyone would
want to eat something called that,” Ro said, hooking her arm around
Elwin’s elbow and hauling him toward the door, “but she took her
medicine and your three seconds are up. So out with you! My boy
needs a good, long talking-to.”
“Better talk fast then, Sophie,” Elwin called over his shoulder. “The
drowsiness will set in pretty soon.”
Ro looked like she wished she could carry Fitz out too, even though
he was still sedated. Instead, she told Keefe, “It’s time to listen to your
girl. No arguing—she’s smarter than you. And remember what you
and I have talked about.”
“What have you and Ro talked about?” Sophie asked as Ro closed
the Healing Center door.
“It doesn’t matter,” he told his feet.
Sophie sighed, wondering how many things he was hiding from her.