Flashback ( PDFDrive )

FORTY-THREE
OKAY, THAT MIGHT BE THE sweetest thing I’ve ever seen,” Sophie
murmured as she watched Silveny and Greyfell sleep in her favorite
pasture at Havenfield—the one that caught just the right breeze and
always ended up blanketed in petals from Calla’s Panakes tree.
Greyfell had his legs tucked underneath him and one wing draped
protectively over Silveny, who lay on her side with her head resting
against Greyfell’s chest.
“I know,” Fitz said quietly. “I never knew horses could snuggle.”
He moved a little closer and Sophie had a feeling he was going to
put his arm around her again—and she was all for that. But then his
gaze drifted to Grady and his arm stayed noticeably by his side.
Grady had been watching them very closely since they’d gotten back
from the new alicorn-baby hive—though “glaring” might’ve been a
better word for it. And Edaline had been giving Sophie a lot of raised
eyebrows and sappy smiles.
Parents.
“Do you think the alicorns will be safe here?” Sophie asked them,
hoping a distraction would tone down the humiliation. Plus, it was a
valid question. She’d had to move Silveny to the Sanctuary after the
last time she’d lived at Havenfield—and even that hadn’t been secure
enough to keep the Neverseen from coming after her.