Flashback ( PDFDrive )

Sandor and Bo, off a cliff. She may have even waited a second longer
than necessary before she split the sky and plunged them into the
void. And the landing might’ve intentionally been a little bumpy.
“First order of business,” Councillor Alina said, shaking bits of
grass out of her now disheveled hair. “We’re making a crystal to light
leap to this place.”
“Agreed,” Councillor Emery said, his usually rich voice hoarse from
all the screaming. “I’ve already noted the coordinates. And don’t
worry, Miss Foster, we’ll only make one.”
“Which I’ll be in charge of,” Bronte added.
They had to take turns filing into the hive to inspect the babies, and
no one seemed to know what to make of the tiny alicorns floating in
the thick green goo. But Tarina assured them that everything was
going well, and that as long as nothing changed, they’d have happy,
healthy babies hatching in a few weeks.
“Weeks?” Sophie repeated, counting in her head. “I think Silveny
was supposed to be pregnant for longer than that.”
“That won’t matter,” Tarina assured her. “I suspect they’ll progress
faster in the hives. Especially with the coming eclipse.”
“What does the eclipse have to do with anything?” Councillor Terik
wondered, beating Sophie to the question.
“Eclipses trigger hatchings,” Tarina said, as if that were selfexplanatory.
“Though I suppose it’s possible the effect won’t be the
same for another species. But you’ll want to prepare for it just in case.
The morning after the eclipse, you’ll likely have two healthy alicorn
babies on your hands.”
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