"Ian Marcus!"
Sterling silently mouthed the name.
The Magic Potion Apprentice from the Furnace camp who had risen to prominence with his improved Rock Bear Potion, only to disappear on his own instead of retreating with the main force when the camp fell!
Sterling had long seen through Ian's ruse of borrowing power to protect himself. What concerned him more were the secrets Ian was hiding.
'How could a mere Middle Level Apprentice possibly improve a High Level Bloodline Potion?'
At first, he had been wary of Alevia, even offering the formula for the Water of Serenity in a trade.
It wasn't until he asked a friend still at the High Tower to investigate that he discovered Alevia had never taken Ian on as a student at all.
The fact that he had been fooled by a weak Apprentice filled him with rage.
He also suspected that Ian might possess even more valuable knowledge or some kind of Inheritance.
