Flashback ( PDFDrive )

backup bodyguard’s going to be?”
“He did,” Edaline agreed.
“Uh-oh. You just wrung your fingers,” Sophie noted. “Nothing
good ever happens when adults do that.”
Elwin snorted. “She has a point.”
“It isn’t bad news,” Edaline insisted. “Just . . . try to keep an open
mind—and remember that this is the reason Sandor decided to stay.”
“Now you’re really scaring me,” Sophie mumbled.
“It’s not scary,” Edaline promised, sitting back down beside her.
“It’s just . . . odd.”
“That’s putting it mildly,” Elwin chuckled. “Remember that thought
I told you to put a pin in? Pretty sure you’re going to want to use that
punishment at some point.”
“Okay, will you tell me already, so I stop imagining horrible
things?” Sophie begged.
“All right,” Edaline said, dropping her hands to her lap to stop
herself from wringing them. “Sandor decided that adding an extra
goblin to your team wasn’t going to fix the problem. He thinks you
need someone with a different skill set, different senses, a different
approach to everything.”
“Okay, so . . . he wants my backup bodyguard to be an ogre?” Sophie
guessed. “Will they be able to work together without killing each
other?”
Edaline shrugged. “Sandor’s convinced the Council that he can
handle it. And King Dimitar agreed to send one of his Mercadirs. So, I
guess we’ll see. . . .”
“Why did you think that would freak me out?”