Frederick's expression hardened, the muscles in his jaw tightening as though he were swallowing shards of glass.
The humiliation clung to him like a second skin. Sebastian hadn't just challenged him. He had stripped him bare in front of teachers, parents, security, and half the schoolyard.
He could feel every stare on him, questioning, judging, appraising the cracks in his power.
Seven years ago, Sebastian had been nothing more than a background nuisance—a young heir from a respectable but modest family fortune. Millions, not billions. Back then, Frederick could silence him with a glance.
But the man standing before him now was nothing like the Sebastian he remembered.
"How will you make me?" Frederick fired back, his pride clawing for solid ground. "Who do you think you a
