Flashback ( PDFDrive )

every breath you guys took, and Elwin was begging Tam to rush over.
And all I could do was sit there, trying to figure out how I’d make the
Neverseen pay. But I couldn’t think of anything. Even now . . .”
“Well,” Sophie said, forcing a smile, “maybe that’s progress. At
least you didn’t race off to Ravagog and challenge King Dimitar to
another sparring match. Then again, if you had, you could be joining
in the Foxfire slumber party. Now Fitz and I get to have all the fun
without you.”
She waited for him to laugh, or tease her, or . . . anything.
But he just thumped the back of his head against the wall and
tugged on the fraying string until it snapped off in his hand.
“How did you know I was here?” she asked.
“Dex hailed Elwin and told him you’d hit your panic switch, so he
should head to the Healing Center and be ready. Elwin hailed the rest
of us so we’d know what was going on. Then we all got to sit here
imagining all kinds of horrible things. Oh, and brainstorming ways to
punish Dex for not telling anyone where he was going. His mom had
some particularly brutal ideas. Remind me never to get on Juline’s bad
side.”
“Dex’s parents were here?”
“Only his mom. His dad stayed home with Rex, Bex, and Lex,
probably so they couldn’t break everything.”
“Good call.”
Dex’s triplet siblings could cause more chaos in five minutes than a
pack of saber-toothed tigers.
“How long were you guys waiting here?” she asked.
“I don’t know. It felt . . . endless. And then Wylie showed up first,
and he had Fitz. And Sandor stumbled in with Grizel and Lovise. And