Flashback ( PDFDrive )

“You did something to them, didn’t you?” Fitz demanded. “They
should be back by now!”
“There’s a lot of ground to cover out there,” Alvar argued. “They’re
probably just being thorough. Please.” His eyes darted from his sister
to Sophie. “I swear—I didn’t do anything to them.”
“He didn’t,” a voice agreed from the shadows beyond the gate—a
voice that made the monster roar so loud, it nearly knocked her over.
“I did.”
A force field flared with the final words, momentarily whiting out
the world. And when Sophie’s eyes adjusted, she found herself staring
at a scene straight out of her nightmares: a massive glowing dome on
the other side of Everglen’s fence, with four elves inside.
Gethen.
Two black-cloaked figures.
And Vespera.