Flashback ( PDFDrive )

Or fingerprints, like humans did, with sensors that were much
easier to fool?
Still, seeing the logic to the system didn’t make it any easier to grab
the spit vial—but at least she had lots of pocket options.
This was definitely something that screamed hide it in your boot.
“Anyway,” Fitz said, switching back to verbal conversation as he
closed the tiny door on the teal orb and the override spun away. “I
guess I should let you head home. You probably have training to do.”
She had skipped her morning lesson. But . . . “I can stay a little
longer—unless you’re too wiped from Alvar and want me to go.”
He shook his head. “I don’t want you to go.”
Their eyes met for a second and Sophie commanded her heart not to
do any flips.
But when it came to Fitz, her heart never listened.
He offered her his arm. “Want to search the grounds and make sure
you don’t spot any security gaps?”
“Sounds good.”
They spent the next several hours wandering the property’s
perimeter, searching for anything that might be amiss. And Bo and
Flori split off to do their own checks. But Tarina stayed with them,
and even with her trollish senses on high alert, she couldn’t find
anything concerning. She even had them circle the entire lake and
search several clearings on the other side.
“There really is no trace,” she said, scanning the meadow they were
standing in.
“No trace of what?” Sophie asked.
“Anything.” Tarina spun around to squint at the nearby trees.
“There’s no trace of anything concerning.”