Forty two

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Ariel's POV

"What?"

"Three hundred million?"

"How is that even true?"

Elder Collins, Blake, Miller, and Marshall couldn't believe their ears. The remaining elders were mute and I was sure they knew what I was talking about. It was their handiwork. Marcus was mute and he was aware he was in for it.

Three hundred million?

Yes, that's true.

When I got the statement of account from the bank manager, he made me understand that Marcus would come at the end of every month to request a huge amount of money and if they refused, he would fire them from their work.

I felt pity for the innocent lives he had ruined when he was on the throne. The lives he had taken and the lives he had destroyed.

Jaguar frowned his face and I knew no matter what he won't agree to it. I won't give him any chance to talk at all.

"You are asking how it is true?" I turned to Collins.

"Where were you four when he was doing all this? Are you saying he did them behind your back? Or should I say the golds he h