‘And what about me? You’d abandon your apprentice?’ Talemir smiled sadly. ‘You haven’t been my apprentice for a long time, my brother.’ He reached for the jewel around his neck and pulled it free, closing the gap between himself and his protégé and pressing it into Wilder’s palm. ‘I promise you will understand one day. And when you do, you’ll know who to give this to.’ ‘I’ll never forgive you for this,’ Wilder ground out. ‘But you will,’ Talemir told him gently. ‘For now, your purpose is clear.’
i knew it
