Flashback ( PDFDrive )

into. “You realize if we do this, we’re going to have to dig through all
your memories, right? Remember what happened when I tried to help
you in Alluveterre?”
Keefe stopped moving.
“What happened?” Fitz asked.
Sophie shrugged, leaving it up to Keefe to decide whether or not to
answer.
He held her gaze for a long second, then spun to face Fitz. “She saw
a bunch of stuff from my past that I hadn’t been planning to let her
see, like the time my parents left me in Atlantis all day because they
forgot about me. And the day my dad destroyed one of my
sketchbooks to punish me for doodling during my sessions. And the
night I wet the bed when I was way too old to be doing something like
that. What?” he asked Sophie. “You thought I wouldn’t tell him?”
“I wasn’t sure,” she admitted.
He glanced back at Fitz, who didn’t seem to know where to look
anymore.
“You’re going to see some dark stuff in my past,” Keefe warned
him. “Both of you are. But . . . it doesn’t have to be an issue—as long as
you guys agree to one thing: no feeling sorry for me.”
“I won’t,” Fitz promised.
“I don’t,” Sophie added.
Keefe nodded. “Does that mean I passed your little test?”
“It wasn’t a test. I just wanted to make sure you’re really thinking
about what it will be like if we do this.”
“I am. I know it’s going to be rough. But . . . I can deal.”
She studied his face, searching for any trace of the scared, broken
boy hidden underneath. But all she found was steely determination.