Sophie's POV
Everyone turned to stare at Natalie before releasing a mouthful of protests. (Literally!)
"Yeah no!"
"We are NOT letting this happen!"
"Do you even know about the Black Swan-"
"And the Neverseen-"
"And the Ogres!"
"Or the Lodestar Initiative?"
"Or the other problems we have been facing?"
"Shut up before you guys give me an even bigger headache before we have even gone anywhere," I shouted while beginning to rub my temples.
"You okay?" Keefe asked me, before coming up beside me to steady me as he wrapped his arm around my waist. "You're shaking a little bit and I can feel the vibes coming out of you right now and it doesn't feel good." I started to shove him away so he wouldn't have to suffer through the same migraine rooting it's deep claws in my brain. It backfired, making him wrap himself around me even tighter. It felt like Verdi was chewing on my head.
"I'm fine." He sighed softly as I realized everyone was watching us. Dex and Biana had their eyebrows raised before sharing a knowing look. My eyes wandered to another pair, filled with gleaming sea-glass teal eyes. I thought about how it probably looked, what with Keefe holding onto me so closely I felt his warm breath on my cheek. Fitz was looking at Keefe and back at the floor. Over and over. Fists clenched, jaw tightened. His back was stiff and his usually gentle teal eyes now looked like solid darkened black teal ice. Natalie was glancing at Fitz and murmured, "Interesting,"
"What?"
"For the record, I think we should let her go," Biana paused as she let the news rumble through all of them. "I mean, Sophie is still her kind of sister! Her former life is becoming her life and we can't let her just sit here waiting to get drawn into danger!"
"Isn't she in more danger when we bring her with us on an illegal mission?" Fitz countered.
"She's going to have to know what happened anyway. Besides, she could definitely help. I think we're gonna need it." Biana finished, with a tone that meant the matter was settled. My human sister was coming with us.
