Flashback ( PDFDrive )

I’m expecting you to hold true to the promise you made back when
you were convincing me not to request reassignment. No sneaking
away without me.”
“Or me,” Flori chimed in.
“Or me,” Tarina added.
“Or me,” Bo demanded.
“Wow . . . there are a lot of you out there,” Sophie mumbled.
“We’ll divide up more once you’re asleep,” Sandor assured her. “But
for now, we’re here to keep watch.”
Somehow that sounded more like they were there to keep her from
leaving.
But she wasn’t going anywhere, so it didn’t really matter—or at
least that’s what she tried to tell herself.
“It’ll get easier,” Edaline said, handing her Ella. “And just so you
know, this policy applies to all the normal teenager things too. Tell us
as little or as much as you like. But if you need us, we’re a safe space.”
“Except when it comes to boy stuff,” Grady added. “That we want to
know.”
Sophie groaned.
Edaline laughed, leaning in to kiss her cheek. “Now that we’ve
sufficiently embarrassed you, I think it’s time to let you rest. If you
need anything, you know where to find us.”
“Thanks.”
They turned off the lights as they left, and Sophie decided to spend
a few minutes snuggling with her glowing imp—even if his breath
seemed extra stinky.
“Sorry I was gone so long,” she told him, scratching behind Iggy’s
fuzzy ears. “I’ll try not to do it again.”