Flashback ( PDFDrive )

darkness and landing them among the swirling metal statues with
their reflective orbs.
Fitz was on his feet immediately, charging toward the fence’s pale
glow—the only real light, other than the eerie red moon—and Sophie
chased after him, opening her mind and trying to track Alvar’s
thoughts.
But she didn’t need to.
Alvar was standing a few feet back from the glowing bars, gazing
into the darkness beyond.
Before he even registered their presence, Fitz tackled him—hard.
“What are you doing?” Alvar shouted as he flailed and thrashed to get
Fitz off him.
“THOUGHT YOU COULD ESCAPE?” Fitz asked, pinning Alvar’s
shoulders.
“Of course not!”
“LIAR!” Fitz slammed Alvar into the ground again. And this time
Alvar fought back, thrusting his knee into Fitz’s stomach and kicking
free with his other leg—but he’d barely rolled to his side before Fitz
jumped him again and punched him in the face. “WHAT’D YOU DO
TO THE WARDEN?”
“Nothing!” Alvar promised, and the red streaming from his nose
glinted in the moonlight as he lifted his head and his wild eyes met
Sophie’s. “Please—I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
Fitz punched him again, hitting Alvar in the mouth with a horrible
crunch.
“Shouldn’t we do something?” Sophie asked, turning to her friends,
who were all hanging back a step, looking dazed.
“Maybe we should—” Biana started to say.