Flashback ( PDFDrive )

danger and giving the Neverseen a chance for another very public
victory.
And Camp B—the We Can’t Cancel the Festival Crew—had a varied
list of arguments that ranged from “We don’t even know if Fintan’s
telling the truth” to “This could be our chance to finally arrest the
Neverseen,” plus a dash of “If we cancel the festival, we’re telling our
people we have no confidence in our ability to protect them.”
As for who belonged in each camp—it changed moment by
moment.
Even Sophie went back and forth, wishing there were a way to trap
the Neverseen without risking any lives.
The only thing she knew for certain was that Luzia was being very
quiet. So when the argument rose to yet another shouting crescendo,
Sophie used the distraction to weave her way over to where Luzia
stood gazing out at the alicorn pasture.
“Don’t you think it’s time to tell us the truth about your connection
to Vespera?” she asked Luzia under her breath.
Luzia rolled her eyes. “I have told you the truth—just like I told
your puffy leader the truth when he showed up at my house and asked
me about things you weren’t authorized to share.”
“I—”
Luzia held up her hand. “Yes, I know. You don’t work alone. But I
do. Which is why I kept my contact with Vespera limited to discussing
her designs for shielding our cities—and her designs required a Flasher
to implement them, so claiming they were stolen would be ludicrous.”
“Then why is she fixated on you?” Sophie countered.
“How would I know? She’s clearly unstable—though quite honestly,
I’m not convinced that she is fixated on me. The word of a murderous