Meanwhile, back at the Steele mansion, the wheels of Alaric's grand plan were already in motion. The 334 million gold coins, a small mountain of wealth, were being put to good use.
Lyra, after several… intimate discussions with her son, had begun investing the funds with a shrewdness that belied her usual demeanor.
Those intimate discussions involved rather passionate nights of sex and moans, with Alaric explaining his plans between thrusts and kisses.
It had been a week since Alaric's return, and the Steele family had been on a spending spree of epic proportions. A little over 100 million gold coins had already been deployed, a staggering amount that would have made most noble families faint with envy.