Flashback ( PDFDrive )

seeing anything. Well . . . I’m seeing the breaks and all the other
damage I still have to get to. But the nerves still look dulled from the
medicine. Why? Is it hurting?”
She thought about denying it.
But her hand was killing her.
And what was the point?
“It feels like something’s stabbing my fingers,” she admitted. “I
woke up with that, too.”
And dreamed about it—but that part she decided to leave out.
“What does that mean?” Edaline asked as Elwin flashed through
the spectrum again.
“Well . . . first it means we need to get this girl some more pain
medicine,” he said, fishing a pale elixir out of his satchel and handing
it to Sophie.
Edaline had to help her pull off the lid, since having only one hand
was incredibly annoying—especially since it was her left hand. But it
was worth the struggle when the tart elixir tingled through her veins,
dulling the throb in her fingers.
“Better?” Elwin asked, draping a cool silver cloth across her
forehead.
“So much better,” she breathed as the headache faded. “Thank you.”
“That’s what I’m here for. I wish you’d told me you were in pain
earlier.”
“Sorry. I guess I’m used to you knowing what I need without me
ever having to ask for it.”
“So am I,” Elwin mumbled, snapping his fingers and flashing
various colored orbs around her head and hand again.
“Do they look different now?” Edaline asked.