Flashback ( PDFDrive )

Elwin blew out a breath. “No. And I really don’t get it. They’re both
spots where my light’s a little murky right now for some reason, so
that might explain why—but I’m still seeing enough that I should
notice something flickering off as the medicine does its job.”
He flashed a color Sophie had never seen him try before: a murky
brown that looked like glowing smog. But that didn’t seem to help
either.
“You know what?” he said, pulling an Imparter from his pocket.
“I’m going to have Tam do another check for shadows, just to be safe.”
He tapped the flat silver square a few times, then shoved it back in
his pocket. “There. Magnate Leto said he’ll bring Tam here as soon as
study hall’s over.”
“Study hall?” Sophie repeated, scanning what little she could see of
the room. The crystal walls had no windows to give her any cues about
the time. “How long was I asleep?”
“A little more than a day,” Edaline told her.
“A day?”
Elwin nodded. “You need the rest. If I had my way, I’d keep you
knocked out like your cuddly friend over there, but—”
“Cuddly?” Sophie interrupted, skipping right over the sedative part
of that conversation.
“See for yourself,” Elwin told her, helping her scoot up a little so
she could see where Fitz was sleeping with his arms wrapped around a
sparkly red stuffed dragon.
Elwin had given him Mr. Snuggles during the dark months after
Alden’s mind shattered, and Keefe had teased him relentlessly when
he found out—until everything happened with Keefe’s mom. Then
Elwin and Sophie gave Keefe a stuffed green gulon, which Elwin had