I did not know I was being tested, which is precisely why the test was valid.

And I have come to feel not resentment but a kind of awe at the old tailor’s understanding of human nature: that he knew the only way to find a heart that would not be corrupted by his fortune was to find it before it ever knew the fortune existed.

Chapter 12 — Caleb

A tall man in a bespoke charcoal suit strode into the room, flanked by a younger corporate associate carrying a briefcase.

He had sharp, cold features, but there was an unmistakable resemblance around his eyes, something in the shape and the set of them, that sent a chill through me before I even knew who he was.