Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“Nope. And way to be smooth about whatever it is you don’t want
to tell me.”
“I—”
“Relax. I’m sure I don’t want to know. All I want is to train—so if
you can convince your daunting defenders to include us in their
lessons, that’d be awesome. And I’ll forgive you for ignoring us if you
tell me one thing.” She grinned when Sophie nodded. “So all that oneon-one
time with Fitz in the Healing Center—anything happen?”
Sophie’s face burned, and she looked away, mumbling the only
answer she could truthfully give. “We’re friends.”
“Still in denial—got it,” Marella said. “You guys seriously need to
make it official. It’s getting kind of ridiculous. Plus, you’re not the
only one who’d be happy to snatch that up, you know? So unless
there’s someone else . . .”
Sophie turned to head down the stairs, done with this conversation.
Marella blocked her. “Just promise me you’re not going to get all ‘I
don’t know who I love’ and spend months angsting about it, ’kay?
’Cause I might have to smack you.”
Sophie rolled her eyes. “We’d better get down there before Bo gives
Linh the same speech he gave me the first time I met him. I don’t
think Tam would take it as well as I did.”
“There’s a Bo and a Ro?” Marella clarified.
“Yep—and if you’re looking for gossip, you should focus on them.
They have some sort of weird history, but neither of them will tell us
what it is. Keefe even made a bet with Ro about it—that’s why he’s not
here. If he comes to Havenfield before I find out the story, Ro gets one
unlimited dare.”