Flashback ( PDFDrive )

encounter with the kind of force that changes everything it touches.
They will likely fade with time. But they are the girl’s burden to bear.
And the boy’s.”
“Fitz has an echo?” Linh asked, beating Sophie to the question.
“Only one,” Lady Zillah said, and Sophie already knew where it had
to be.
Still, it felt like someone kicked her in the stomach when Lady
Zillah pointed to Fitz’s heart and said, “Here.” She moved to Fitz’s
side, closing her eyes and waving her hands over his chest. “His is
much softer, though. Less angry.”
“How can an echo hold emotion?” Magnate Leto wondered.
“Shadowflux transmits the will of the one commanding it—and the
echo is a reflection of that transmission. So in the girl’s case—”
“Her name is Sophie,” Edaline interrupted. “I realize you find this
all fascinating, but you’re talking about my daughter.”
Lady Zillah ducked her chin. “You’re right. I did not mean to seem
insensitive.”
She made her way back to Sophie’s side, tapping one finger against
Sophie’s forehead before whipping her hand back like she’d been
burned. “The shadowflux that struck your daughter was filled with
rage. And now that rage has left an echo.”
“I still don’t know what that means,” Edaline told her.
“Honestly, neither do I,” Lady Zillah admitted. “At least not
completely. There are no rules for such things. Only discovery. But I’d
wager Sophie is being haunted by ghosts of pain. And nightmares.
Both of which will slow her recovery.”
Sophie hesitated before she nodded.