Flashback ( PDFDrive )

to himself about how he should’ve thought of that.
“But—” Sophie tried to argue.
“We don’t have time for this,” Wylie warned. “Just get rid of the pin
and let’s go find Alvar—and the Neverseen.”
“He’s right,” Tam, Linh, and Marella all agreed.
So did Tarina, who yanked the null off Sophie’s cloak when she saw
how hard Sophie’s hands were shaking.
Dex dismantled it faster than a gremlin. “That was definitely the
problem.”
Sophie’s eyes burned from the disgust on Fitz’s face—and she knew
what he had to be thinking: If she hadn’t talked him into meeting up
with her before he pressed the Warden’s button, none of this would be
happening.
“Hey,” Keefe said, reaching for her hand and filling her head with
another calming breeze.
She hadn’t noticed that she still wasn’t wearing her gloves, and part
of her wondered if she should tap her fingers to turn on Tinker’s
fingernail gadgets.
But what if those caused some other huge, unexpected problem?
“The good news,” Dex said, “is this means the Warden’s still
working. So Alvar has to be on the property.”
“Yeah, and I’m sure he’s busy helping the Neverseen do whatever
creepy thing they came here to do—just like Gethen said he would.”
Fitz punched the air, sending red splattering from his wounded fist.
“Or . . . maybe Alvar’s just scared of you,” Linh suggested. “You did
come pretty close to killing him. Maybe he figured he should
disappear until everything calmed down.”