Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 268

Chapter 269

The room fell utterly silent.

Everyone seemed taken aback by the sheer confidence radiating from Serena. In their minds, she was supposed to be the cheater-the one who should be nervous, maybe even scared. But that was far from the case.

A tense moment passed.

Finally, a man in his early forties, wearing a crisp dress shirt and glasses, stood up. He looked scholarly and composed.

"Miss Sullivan, I've looked over your answers. You seem to have quite a thorough knowledge of antiques from every era, is that right?"

Serena nodded. "Yes, that's correct."

"In that case, let me ask you something. Are you familiar with the Raven's Eye Templar chalice?"

She nodded again.

"Alright, then tell me how many of these chalices still exist in the world today?"

one remaining. It left the Kingdom of Wessex in the late twelfth century, eventually became a treasure of the Tokugawa shogunate, and now

stunned by how quickly she'd replied. His face darkened

before long, another audience member rose

her tone challenging. This time it was

with determination. "Miss Sullivan, are

gestured politely. "Please,

restoration techniques." The woman sounded confident as she pressed on. When examining fine scratches on the surface of an antique, how do you accurately determine whether they're the result of

laughter and whispers ran through

question, not easily answered.

didn't miss a beat.

miss

natural patterns. For example, whèn someone wipes an object over the years, the marks usually runup and down, or in circular

pattern that gives

shifted in unison, a look of sudden realization dawning on their

for them to process what had just

of hesitation. And today's questions were chosen at random-there was no

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