Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“One second,” she said, closing her eyes and imagining herself
stuffing her scariest questions into thick mental boxes and marking
them Deal with Later.
But she needed one more piece of information before she could seal
everything shut: “Has the Council set the date for when they’re
moving Alvar to Everglen? Biana hasn’t said anything, and I haven’t
wanted to bring it up.”
“Yeah, I haven’t wanted to bring it up either,” Keefe admitted. “But
Dex said Lovise and Grizel are due back from Gildingham within the
next few days. So I’m assuming it won’t be long after that.”
“Great,” Sophie mumbled. “He’ll be home before I am.”
“Maybe not. You said it yourself: You’re getting better every day.
Right?”
“She is,” Elwin answered for her. “And yes, I have been listening
this whole time,” he added as he strode over from his office. “And part
of me definitely wanted to charge in here when I heard Sophie start to
lose control. But it sounded like you had it covered.”
“I did,” Keefe agreed.
Elwin slipped on his spectacles. “Let’s see, shall we?”
He snapped his fingers, flashing through each color of the
spectrum, nodding with each one.
“Does that mean I didn’t do any damage?” Sophie whispered as
Keefe helped her pull her glove back on.
“It does,” Elwin said, and the last hidden worry evaporated from
Sophie’s mind. “And that’s why I’m going to allow you two to go
ahead with those plans you were discussing, despite the way this
spiraled. As long as you’re careful, I’ll let you train together every day.
You can even get started now, if you want.”