Flashback ( PDFDrive )

Out loud she added, “And I was already planning on telling Fitz
about all of this—I warned you I wasn’t going to hide things from my
friends. And the hive was at his house. Protected by someone in his
family—and his brother may be part of some plan centered around it.”
“There’s no plan!” Tarina insisted, tugging on her thick green hair.
“The hive was destroyed when we moved to a newer, bigger location.”
“I hope you’re right,” Fitz told her. “But I’m still going to check.
And since it sounds like you don’t know exactly where it was, I’ll make
Luzia tell me.”
Tarina grumbled something through a sigh. “Fine. But you must
complete the search when no one can see you—especially the goblins
on the property.”
“I can do that,” Fitz agreed.
“I hope you guys just figured out something good,” Stina shouted
over to them, making them all flinch as she jogged closer, “because
Silveny’s contractions are down to three and a half minutes apart.”
Sophie’s heart stopped. “How much time does that give us?”
“Not a lot—so if you’re planning something, you’d better get on it.”
“She’s right,” Tarina agreed. “We can deal with everything else
later. Right now we need to get those transport pods.”
“What does that mean?” Stina asked.
“It means the babies still have a chance,” Sophie told her, grabbing
Fitz’s hand when he offered it to her. “So do anything you can to slow
the contractions. We’ll be back as fast as we can.”
Tarina reached for Sophie’s other hand and Fitz floated them into
the sky as Stina shouted, “Where are you going?”
“I don’t know,” Sophie called back before glancing at Fitz. “I don’t
suppose you know where Luzia lives now?” she asked him quietly.