Flashback ( PDFDrive )

Something inside Sophie shriveled, and Edaline sounded just as
deflated when she said, “And in the meantime, every nightmare’s
going to cause Sophie pain and slow her recovery?”
“I doubt it will happen with every nightmare,” Lady Zillah said
quietly. “But you’re right that she’ll need to be careful. She’ll need to
focus on positive thoughts while she’s awake. And when it’s time to
sleep, I’m sure Elwin has plenty of sedatives.”
And there it was.
Something that shouldn’t be a huge thing. It wasn’t like Sophie
hadn’t occasionally taken sedatives over the last few years.
But . . . it felt like another victory for the Neverseen.
They might as well have been there, pressing a drugged cloth over
her nose.
“We could try somnalene,” Edaline suggested. “That helped you
after Oblivimyre.”
“Maybe,” Sophie mumbled.
Somehow she doubted the shimmering eye drops would keep the
monster at bay.
“Is Fitz going to have this same problem?” Linh asked—and shame
twisted Sophie’s insides.
She should’ve been the one to ask that question.
Should’ve been thinking about someone besides herself.
“His echo is weaker,” Lady Zillah reminded them. “And it isn’t near
his mind.”
“No, it’s near his heart,” Sophie argued.
“It is,” Lady Zillah agreed, moving to Fitz’s side and waving her
hand over his chest. “I wish I could tell you how that’s going to affect