Flashback ( PDFDrive )

figure out why Ro seemed so annoyed with him—Alden had agreed,
and somehow that settled it.
“Huh,” Fitz said, flinging his throwing star—and hitting the
dummy’s stomach. “He must be afraid I’ll ask if I can stay with him.”
“Is that your plan?” Sophie asked. “You want to live at the Shores of
Solace? With Lord Cassius?”
“It’s better than living with Alvar.”
“Uh, I doubt that.”
Keefe’s father wasn’t physically abusive, but he was still a horrible
person who’d crushed his son through years of criticism and belittling
insults. The only reason Keefe was living with him again was because
of Sophie—and she hated that. She’d tried to talk him out of it, but his
father was withholding crucial information in the search for her
human parents, and Keefe was the kind of guy who was always willing
to take the hit if he thought it would help a friend, regardless of how
much it was going to hurt him.
“Fine, maybe I’ll ask Tiergan if I can stay with him,” Fitz said,
grabbing another star. “He’s already letting Tam and Linh live there.”
“True,” Sophie agreed, wishing the idea didn’t put a sour taste in
her mouth.
Linh was her friend. She refused to be jealous of the way Fitz
always seemed so wowed by her talent—especially since Linh deserved
every bit of that praise. But Linh was so sweet and pretty and was
always doing supercool water tricks. And if Fitz were living in the
same place, and they were seeing each other every day . . .
“You’re really not going back to Everglen?” she asked, focusing on
the larger issue at stake.
“Nope. And I know you think I’m throwing a tantrum—”