Flashback ( PDFDrive )

Her mind flashed to the monster, but the beast didn’t stir, as if the
warm bubbles tingling across her skin had lulled it to sleep.
Anyway, she said, swiping the final tears off her skin, it’s just really
nice to not be sitting here with a numb arm bound in thick bandages, you
know?
I do I can’t believe I’m going to get to walk tonight! Well, I guess I should
probably say “hobble.”
Do you mind that you’ll be on crutches?
He sighed. A little? I mean, it’s better than being bedridden. But I have a
feeling I’m going to be super clumsy with them and Keefe’s never going to let
me hear the end of it.
Sounds about right, Sophie admitted, smiling as she imagined it. But
her smile faded when she realized at least another hour had slipped
away. You don’t think it’s bad that we haven’t heard from him yet? I feel like
there’s at least a fifty-fifty chance he and Tam will strangle each other.
Fitz laughed. You’re not wrong. But Tiergan will stop any attempts at
murder—and Linh will dump water on their heads until they cool off.
True.
But another hour slipped away. Then another. And another. And
several more. And when she finally caved and asked Elwin for her
Imparter, Keefe ignored her—which of course made her brain imagine
all kinds of terrifying scenarios.
What if Keefe had found a way to contact his mom?
Or Gethen?
Or what if he’d snuck off and taken a bunch of fathomlethes?
That’s it—I’m tracking him down, she told Fitz, not caring if she was
going to seem naggy or obnoxious.
Need help? he offered.