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?"

"There's only one remaining. It left the Kingdom of Wessex in the late twelfth century, eventually became a treasure of the Tokugawa shogunate, and now it's

face darkened briefly, and, defeated,

before long, another audience

tone

thirties, eyes bright with determination. "Miss Sullivan, are you

politely. "Please,

me ask you something about restoration techniques." The woman sounded confident as she pressed on. When examining

laughter and whispers ran through the crowd-this was a

question, not easily answered.

miss a

miss

years, the marks usually runup and down, or in circular motions, depending on the movement. The depth and width of these scratches change gradually-usually starting shallow, deepening as pressure increases, then becoming shallow again. It's that

pattern that gives it

shifted in unison, a look of sudden realization dawning

them

questions in a row, smoothly and without a hint of hesitation. And today's questions were chosen at random-there was no way

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255