Chapter 67: Was This Man's Background Truly Extraordinary?

The hall went so quiet you could hear a pin drop, a hush so unnatural that even the auctioneer sensed something amiss. From what he knew, the moment this parcel of land had been announced for auction, it had set off a storm. A slew of auction houses had vied to take the job, since the commission on a deal this size would be a small fortune. By all accounts, the room shouldn't have gone this quiet. Everyone had wanted the lot; the price ought to have kept climbing. Yet here they were, and even he...