A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 120: Book Two – Chapter 12

“Rae…I do believe this guy is alive,” Zac said.

The two of us were peering into the cupboard, looking at a very tied up and very terrified looking Noah.

“Yep,” I replied.

“Right…right….And, just to make sure we’re on the same page here, you are aware that normally I don’t see this part, right? That I come in afterwards?”

“I’m aware.”

At the sound of the conversation, Noah immediately started to squirm and plead to Zac with his eyes, hoping that he would help free him.

Not that it would do him any good.

“So, what’s the hold up?” Zac asked, still confused.

“Isn’t this just another Thursday for you? I’ve seen you do worse.”

He was right.This really wasn’t that abnormal of a job for me to do.

But I gritted my teeth at his question nevertheless, hating how I had ended up in this situation.

“I…can’t,” I said, deflating in defeat.

“I can’t do it.”

“You can’t…do it…,” Zac repeated slowly.

“And why is it—.”

“Look, I just can’t, okay?” I said, cutting him off, irritated at all the questions.

“I’ve tried.I even tried again before you got over here.I can’t do it, I can’t do it, I can’t do it.End of discussion.”

“…So why am I here? Just tell your dad that —.”

“No.”

Of course, Zac would suggest that.He didn’t know about every dark secret my father was hiding, only ever seeing as far as he needed to.

“No, I can’t tell him,” I said.

“…And you can’t tell him either.”

“Rae, the boss is expecting this guy dead,” he said, taking a step back to look at me.

“I’m not really sure what’s going on, but you do realise he’ll find out sooner or later, right? You can’t just keep him locked up in a cupboard forever.”

“Okay, fine! Fine…,” I sighed in frustration, before slowly locking up to meet his eyes.

“…Then you do it.”

Immediately, his face paled.

“What?! Rae, no! No,” he blurted out.

“I don’t do that.”

“c’mon, Zac,” I whined.

“It’s not that different from cleaning up.Both have a lot of blood.I can talk you through it.Here…just grab this dagger like this…and then hold it in your hand facing—.”

“Raven, stop!”

I’d been trying to get him to wield the weapon but he immediately held his hands up and stepped away.

“Just…chill,” he said.

“I’m not going to kill someone.”

“Argh! I spun around and angrily started pacing the room, beginning to get more worried as every second passed.I didn’t understand why this had to be so difficult.It shouldn’t be this hard.Any other day, I could have done this job with my eyes closed.Why was I struggling to kill one random man? Who even was this guy? A small brown wallet then caught my attention as it sat on top of a table, and I walked over to inspect it.

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of familiar?” I heard Zac

I ignored him as I went digging

reward one…a rental shop…a membership to a laundromat? I didn’t even know those had

I found

looks like

Zac continued.

one from a few days ago.You

I said, reading the

guy from the clean-up a few days ago?” I slowly spun

is this guy’s last

“Noah Kennedy.”

both then turned to look at the man

him? I’d thought that Miles was an underground businessman or some

to pull a fast one

documents relating to him? But…‘clean up’.That’s how this job had been

in whatever Miles had been up to? …Or was I sent here because he was digging into his disappearance? …If that were true…then didn’t that mean Noah’s death sentence today

out the cloth

agreed that talking to the future murder victim was possibly the dumbest

please,”

anything.Just…don’t kill

related to Miles?” I asked, disregarding

blanked for a

“What about Miles?”

wasn’t in the mood for people not answering my questions plainly.I’d already had my fill of

to his eye level and sunk m y dagger into the wall directly next to his head,

the knife back out

repeat myself for

squirmed in fear but managed to huff out a ‘yes’, his head quickly bobbing up and

“Howe”

m-my brother,” he

and pinched the bridge of my nose, already

last time

bar on

it’s like he’s just disappeared….Is that why you’re here? Does this have

That caught my attention.

‘Business’.

curiosity and

questions I had already asked was already way too

to investigate my father’s dealings, it was just to

of me wanted to

whether or not his death sentence today was actually because

question

business was Miles

“Rae—.”

Zac before he could

would know how bad of an idea this

also under the

“Smuggling,” Noah answered.

smuggler for that wealthy businessman in town.Gets in supplies and rare goods from all over.The best at what he

have stopped there.I knew I should have stopped.No, I *definitely* shouldn’t have wanted to keep going….But

I

looked at me as if I were stupid for

city would be shady enough to need a

Fuck.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

An employee.

been

random criminal or a

…I killed an employee*.

or snitch on

in them? If they were harmful, then what could make someone want to betray aman as powerful as my father? Someone who would know better than most in this city what going against him entailed? There were too many questions already asked and far too many answers

pause for a moment and stop tunnelling

about Noah? And I quickly stood back up and stepped away, my brain swimming with a million