Chapter 5 - THE COLLAPSE OF THE ESTATEThe fall of the Devereaux dynasty was swift, brutal, and broadcast across every major financial network within forty-eight hours.
Federal agents raided the family estate, seizing centuries of accumulated art, freezing corporate accounts, and dismantling the shell companies routing funds for Los Halcones.
The family name—once whispered with reverent awe across boardrooms and country clubs—became a toxic brand overnight. Bank executives distanced themselves, university boards scrubbed the Devereaux name from their plaques, and their high-priced defense attorneys advised them that a guilty plea was their only path to avoiding life in a maximum-security federal penitentiary.
Julian sat in a holding cell, abandoned by his mother’s high-society allies, finally realizing the true cost of treating a human being as disposable paperwork.
