all owner, the grimy c
er faded shirt and patched jeans. A lazy sigh escaped him. "
what she looked like. A
man Imperial piece known as the Venus of the Sea-was worth m
ined a blank
ey swiped it, his greed silencing an
at her, a dismissiv
caugh
Young
g with excitement, cut t
His eyes weren't on her face. They were locked on her closed fist, burning wi
A titan in the a
My child," he breathed. "May I
expert would recognize the coin instantly, and Theodore's trembling hand
ened h
as he pulled a loupe from his pocket. He raised it to his eye, hol
azy contempt was gone, replace
p shattered
lmost wet. "It's real," he whispered. Then louder, h
t, overwhelmed by the discovery.
steady. "What a
te. "Five million doll
owd. Heads turned. Every e
forward, fingers hooked into claws, but Theodore'
wisted with raw, ugly greed. He jabbed a trembling finger at June. "T
her like trash. Now the scent o
ice. "The transaction is complete.
g to a venomous threat. "I say it's mine, so it's mi
hick with pity. A skinny teenager with n
ned. "Barnaby
aised
o absolutely assured, that
r voice carried a lethal edge. "The rule of the marke
he silenc
ng that rule is the los
adn't expected a teenager in faded jeans t
d, though his voice cracked with sudden fe
smi
terly devoid of warmth. The kind
she said softl
the crowd. They moved with the heavy, delib
ket's e
led sound. He took a
nt. Theodore clutch
room, Jase Bryant stopp
A teenage girl staring down a grown man twice her size-a
across Jase's face. A flicker
. He didn't ca
ing to see exactly ho
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