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Silveny sorted through the words, trying to make sense of them as

she replayed Fitz’s training scenes.

HELP! she decided. HELP! SOPHIE! FIGHT!

No way, Sophie transmitted. That would be much too dangerous.

But Silveny’s mind had latched onto the idea.

HELP! SOPHIE! FIGHT!

HELP! SOPHIE! FIGHT!

HELP! SOPHIE! FIGHT!

Sophie rubbed the space between her eyebrows, gathering the

mental strength to transmit STOP!

You have to protect your baby, she reminded her.

The last word poured down like a rainstorm, washing all of

Silveny’s other thoughts away.

That’s right, Sophie told her, transmitting what she imagined baby

Silveny was going to look like—all gangly legs and sparkly fur and

fluttering wings.

Okay, that might be the cutest thing ever, Fitz transmitted.

Silveny seemed just as affected, clinging to the image as her mind

shifted from utter bliss to pure joy to bubbling hope to . . . worry.

Why are you worried? Sophie asked, her heart screeching to a halt. Is

the baby—

BABY OKAY! BABY OKAY!

But Sophie could still feel a cloud of worry casting a shadow of

doubt in Silveny’s mind.

What aren’t you telling me?

BABY OKAY! BABY OKAY!

Then why—

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