Gavin’s entity acted as a creditor within those arrangements, not as an emperor ordering a confiscation.

The venture firm entered liquidation.

Patrick lost the house as the secured claims and proceedings reached it.

Assets were sold and claims resolved over time.

The collapse was not a reward I collected; it was the consequence of an operation that could not survive scrutiny of its leverage and money movements.

Records indicated Chloe had emptied remaining funds from accounts before the relevant restrictions took effect and had left the state.

That information did not mean she had found a lawful way to erase the claims concerning those funds.