“You go,” I told him. “Go get ready to open the gate. I’ll get Sile.” His eyes got wide. “Jae, you can’t go by yourself. What if something happens? What if you need me?” “You said yourself that I’ve got the better shot at finding him. I’m the only one who can speak elven and talk to the prisoners.” I held out my hand for him to shake. Something in my gut told me this might be the last time we ever saw each other. “You know this is the only way.” I could barely see Felix under the starlight as he looked down at my hand, and instead of shaking it, he took the big hunting knife he’d stolen from
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