You’ve got this,” he promised, sending one more soothing breeze into her head before he took off running.Įveryone followed, racing down the path, which grew darker and darker the farther they moved away from the glowing gate-until they could only see a few feet in front of them. She nodded again, and Keefe reached for her hand. And if we need to change course, let us know, okay, Foster?” Then I say we follow where Ro led the rest, since he might be heading the same way. “You can do that while you move, right?” Keefe asked, turning to the others when she nodded. “Trying to,” she said, choking down a huge lump in her throat as she stretched out her consciousness again. “He won’t,” Keefe jumped in, saving Sophie from finding out if Fitz had been planning to end that sentence with “you” or “us.” “You’re tracking him, right, Foster?” And he rubbed his chest as his eyes focused on Sophie.
“And it’s pretty smart, actually, since it’s something they knew Alvar wouldn’t hear until they wanted his memories to come back.”įitz’s laugh was dark and cold-followed by a sharp intake of breath. That’d explain why she stayed silent up until then-which seemed super weird-and why Alvar reacted as soon as he heard it.” it might’ve been the sound of Vespera’s voice. “I can only guess,” she told him quietly. “What was the trigger?” Fitz asked, and it was the calm in his voice that got her, like he’d moved beyond rage to a scary sort of numb. “You mean when he collapsed and groaned like that?” So she forced herself to blurt out, “I think Alvar might’ve gotten his memories back.”īiana wrapped her arms around herself. And Sophie was tempted to leave it that way-tempted to keep everyone in the dark until she knew for sure, since it was only going to make Fitz hate her more than he already did.īut if she was right, her friends needed to know what they were dealing with. that was before something happened that no one else seemed to have noticed. “Just because he’s gone doesn’t mean he’s helping the enemy. Maybe he figured he should disappear until everything calmed down.” “You did come pretty close to killing him. maybe Alvar’s just scared of you,” Linh suggested. “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. “The good news,” Dex said, “is this means the Warden’s still working. 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.īut what if those caused some other huge, unexpected problem? “Hey,” Keefe said, reaching for her hand and filling her head with another calming breeze.
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. So did Tarina, who yanked the null off Sophie’s cloak when she saw how hard Sophie’s hands were shaking.ĭex dismantled it faster than a gremlin. “He’s right,” Tam, Linh, and Marella all agreed. “Just get rid of the pin and let’s go find Alvar-and the Neverseen.” “We don’t have time for this,” Wylie warned. “Receiving’s different than sending-and Imparters utilize a whole other kind of frequency.” Dex pressed his fist into his head, muttering to himself about how he should’ve thought of that.
the bracelet was still getting Alvar’s signal-and I’ve been able to use my Imparter.” I bet it’s blocking the tech around you.” “What?” Fitz demanded as Dex mumbled a string of words none of them could understand.ĭex swallowed hard, looking genuinely sorry as he pointed to Sophie’s cloak pin. something’s interfering somehow-almost like.
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