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 went

shop…a membership to a laundromat? I didn’t even

then, finally, I found his

of looks like

Zac continued.

from a few

said, reading the name

he the guy from the clean-up a few days ago?” I slowly spun around to look at Zac, my mind now racing with new

Zac…Kennedy is this guy’s last

“Noah Kennedy.”

then turned to look at the man tied up in the

Miles was an underground businessman

who’d tried to pull a fast one over my

else would he have acquired problematic documents relating to him? But…‘clean up’.That’s how this

into his disappearance? …If that were true…then didn’t that mean Noah’s death sentence today was because of me? Because of m

over to Noah and pulled out the cloth I’d stuffed into his

murder victim was possibly the dumbest thing I could ever do…but I felt we were already past the

let me go, please,” he immediately

anything.Just…don’t kill

Miles?” I asked, disregarding the

face blanked for a moment before becoming

“What about Miles?”

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

y dagger into the wall directly next to his head, causing him to jump

questions,” I hissed, pulling the knife back out to

repeat myself

in fear but managed to huff out a ‘yes’,

“Howe”

m-my brother,”

my nose, already knowing I was going to hate

was the last time

up at the bar on Saturday.I think he’s missing,” he hurriedly

been looking for him but it’s like he’s just disappeared….Is that why you’re here? Does this have something to do with him? …Or the

That caught my attention.

‘Business’.

curiosity and yet I knew I shouldn’t

had already asked was already

investigate my father’s dealings, it was just to carry out his

a part of me wanted to

out whether or not his death sentence today

asked the question

was Miles involved with?”

“Rae—.”

repeated, interrupting Zac before

know how bad of an idea this

was also under the same orders to not pry too

“Smuggling,” Noah answered.

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

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

businessman?” I

looked at me as if I

this city would be shady enough to

Fuck.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

An employee.

been

some random criminal or a rivaling businessman.He was on

…I killed an employee*.

away or snitch on my father? …Did he find out something he shouldn’t

my father? Someone who would know better than most in this city what going against him entailed? There were too many

stop tunnelling down a thought process that

important ‘what’; As in, what the hell was I going to do about Noah? And I quickly