Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“Want me to levitate us again?” Fitz offered, reaching for Sophie’s
hand.
Sophie nodded, holding on tight as Tarina heaved a dramatic sigh
and took Sophie’s other hand.
“Just what I was hoping for—more teleporting,” Tarina grumbled.
“You could stay here,” Sophie reminded her.
Tarina shook her head. “I go where you go.”
Sophie glanced at her parents. “Will you be okay without us?”
“We’ll do our best,” Edaline promised as Silveny let out another
strained snuffle and her muscles contracted again. “But hurry.”
• • •
Trampling hooves and startled cries echoed around them as Sophie,
Fitz, and Tarina dropped out of the void in front of a crystal-and-silver
mansion, surrounded by pastures filled with unicorns.
“What’s the meaning of this?” a sharp voice demanded, and Tarina
leaped into a battle stance, shielding Sophie behind her as a darkhaired
elf stalked toward them holding a shovel out like a weapon.
“It’s fine—it’s just Timkin,” Sophie told Tarina, peeking around her
shoulder. “Where’s Vika?”
“Why do you want to know?” he demanded, his eyes fixed on
Tarina.
“We need her help,” Fitz told him. “Silveny’s in labor.”
“What?” a startled voice gasped from the direction of the house.
And Sophie spun around to find a tall, gangly girl staring at her from
the doorway.
Stina.
Sophie’s former nemesis—who she still didn’t necessarily like.