Flashback ( PDFDrive )

embossed with a very specific symbol: a giant M shaped from two
strands of DNA.
The official seal of the matchmakers.
“You okay?” Edaline asked, reaching for Sophie’s shaky hand as
their carriage driver jerked the reins, making the eurypterid slow to a
stop.
Sophie nodded, squinting at the runes surrounding the
matchmakers’ seal. “What do those say?”
“Progress, Prosperity, Permanence, and Proliferation,” Grady told
her. “The goals of every match.”
Sophie sighed. “Well, that’s romantic.”
“It’s not as bad as it sounds,” Edaline promised. “But you don’t have
to do this.”
“I know.”
But the thing was . . . she kind of did.
I want it to be you.
That’s what Fitz had told her.
And . . . she wanted it to be him, too—wanted them to be together,
and enjoy whatever time they had before the next epic battle with the
Neverseen.
She didn’t need a list to make that happen—and she’d definitely
gone around and around for several more days after she’d asked
Edaline about the process. But she’d decided to stop letting the fact
that she’d been raised differently hold her back. So she climbed out of
the silver carriage, miraculously managing not to trip over all her
layers of tulle and silk.
She’d worn the frilliest, fanciest gown in her closet, figuring she
might as well go all in. And it didn’t hurt that the fabric was the most