Flashback ( PDFDrive )

shimmer and shine. But if we want to harness true power, we’re going
to need to embrace darkness.”
“Like this,” Umber said, weaving another arrow from her shadow
claws. She threw back her arm, aiming it toward Wylie, but halfway
through the throw she pivoted and launched it at Fitz.
Sophie’s scream sounded like a death rattle as she watched the
darkness slice through his force field and pierce his chest—then
liquify and sink into his heart.
Dex’s shout sounded just as guttural. But then he was charging
toward Umber and tossing another handful of his silver blobs—but
not at her.
At Sandor’s force field.
Ruy spun to reinforce the bodyguard’s cage—which meant he
wasn’t ready for Wylie to swipe a long blue beam toward Grizel and
unravel her force field. Lovise lunged out of the dunes beside her, and
together they sprinted for the Neverseen, while Wylie hacked at their
shield and Dex hit it with silver gadgets.
But the female warriors only made it a few steps before a massive
bolt of darkness blasted them both backward, sending them tumbling
across the sand until they both fell very, very still.
Sandor roared.
Umber pumped her fist. “Two down—though I guess it’s three,
since there’s no way the Vacker boy is going anywhere now that my
shadows have seeped in.”
More darkness poured from the ends of her fingers, and she wove it
into another eerie arrow. “Who’s next? How about you?”
It looked like she was aiming at Dex—and Wylie made another
purple shield to cover him.