Two months later, the North Hills neighborhood had never been more shocked. A massive construction project had transformed the empty land on top of the hill into something nobody had ever seen before. Not just a house, but a palace. A true palace with marble columns, gold-plated fixtures, gardens that looked like they belonged in the Palace of Versailles. The gates alone were worth more than most houses in the neighborhood. Workers had been working night and day. The mansion was going up fast, faster than seemed possible. The local news had covered it several times. Rich families were gossiping about it. Who was building this? Who had the money and the audacity to create something so extravagant? The Raven family was extremely interested. Jonathan sent his best spy to find out who the

