Chapter 747

• Chapter Seven Hundred and Forty Seven
• The armored van pulled away from the Veyron estate, its tires crunching over the gravel driveway with a finality that signaled the end of an era. Inside, the director of the State Auction House collapsed onto the leather bench. The majestic, unshakable confidence he had displayed inside the Veyron family house vanished instantly, replaced by a violent tremor that started in his hands and moved to his knees.
• His legs felt like jelly, shaking so uncontrollably that he had to brace himself against the wall of the vehicle, because he had just spat in the face of the veyron family, he had insulted the most dangerous lineage in City M and admitted to trillions-dollar fraud to their faces. Even if he had eaten the liver of a tiger, he knew he can’t have the courage to go head-to-head with such a titan, but then here he was today.