Flashback ( PDFDrive )

that he’d figure out when and where they could start working on their
plans for the trap and the security. They had six days to figure it out,
and it was going to be a massive multispeciesial endeavor like nothing
they’d ever attempted before.
Honestly, it was pretty amazing watching the Black Swan and the
Council work so closely together. Sophie hoped it was proof that this
time they’d get it right. Otherwise . . .
Nope.
It was better not to let failure be an option.
This time, the Neverseen were going to lose.
The adults dispersed after that, but Sophie asked her friends to stay,
taking a few minutes to tell them about Fintan’s demand for Marella,
and everything she hadn’t already shared about Luzia and the troll
hives. She could tell Tarina wasn’t happy with her for that. But Sophie
—unlike Luzia—didn’t work alone.
“I don’t know if any of the Luzia stuff’s important,” she said when
she’d finished. “But I wanted to make sure you guys all knew about it,
in case it is.”
All of her friends nodded.
“Can I go with you when you talk to Marella tomorrow?” Biana
asked. “Or, I guess I should say ‘today.’”
“We should all go, shouldn’t we?” Fitz said.
Biana shook her head. “Not if we’re going to her house. Her mom
can’t handle a crowd like that.”
Caprise Redek struggled with her emotions thanks to a traumatic
brain injury she’d suffered years earlier. And the fact that Biana had
thought of that—and Sophie hadn’t gotten that far yet—made it clear
how smart it would be to have Biana with her.