Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“Why not?” Lady Zillah countered. “You clearly need it. Look at
you, cowering over there, still afraid of your power.”
“She’s not wrong,” Linh told her brother.
Tam scowled at everyone.
Linh snorted a laugh. “I swear, if I was this sulky while I adjusted to
my power, I kind of don’t blame the Council for banishing me.”
“I’m not sulking,” Tam argued. “And I’m not adjusting to my power
—I’m messing with creepy shadows we probably shouldn’t be messing
with. But I’m still here practicing every night, aren’t I?”
“Every night?” Sophie verified.
“He has a lot to learn,” Lady Zillah agreed.
“Do Shades always train here at night?” Fitz asked.
“No—not that there are many that are actually allowed to attend
Foxfire,” Lady Zillah said under her breath. “Our regular sessions are
in a dark room. But shadowflux is easier to feel when there’s starlight,
so Magnate Leto arranged for Tam and me to access the campus after
hours for these more specialized lessons.”
“And I’ve been tagging along,” Linh added, “to make sure Tam
doesn’t need any cheering up—”
“Which mostly means finding ways to annoy me,” Tam noted.
“Exactly,” Linh agreed, flicking her wrist and splashing Tam’s face
with a mini wave of water. “Best part of my job as his sister.”
Tam glared.
Linh winked.
Lady Zillah sighed.
“I thought about sneaking over to the Healing Center to check on
you guys,” Linh added, turning back to Sophie and Fitz, “but I figured