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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doesn’t this guy look sort of familiar?” I heard Zac

as I went digging through his different

a grocery store reward one…a rental shop…a membership to

finally, I

of looks

Zac continued.

from a few days ago.You

I said, reading the name

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

this guy’s last name,”

“Noah Kennedy.”

to look

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

tried to pull a fast one over

problematic documents relating to him? But…‘clean

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 was because of me? Because of m y accidental lapse in

over to Noah and pulled out the

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

me go, please,”

do anything.Just…don’t kill

I

face blanked for a moment before becoming

“What about Miles?”

people not answering my

down to his eye level and sunk m y dagger into the

hissed, pulling the

repeat myself for the last

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

“Howe”

brother,”

and pinched the bridge of my nose, already knowing I was going

when was the last time you heard from

on Saturday.I think he’s missing,” he hurriedly

for him but it’s like he’s just

That caught my attention.

‘Business’.

that held my curiosity and yet I knew I shouldn’t

the questions I had already asked was already way too

my father’s dealings, it was just to carry

a part of me wanted

or not his death sentence today was actually because of

I asked the question I

Miles

“Rae—.”

repeated, interrupting Zac

know how bad of an idea this was,

also under the

“Smuggling,” Noah answered.

in supplies and rare goods from all over.The best at what he does, in my opinion.Even

have stopped.No, I *definitely* shouldn’t have wanted to keep going….But I couldn’t seem to stop

businessman?” I asked

me as if I were

city would be shady enough to

Fuck.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

An employee.

been

criminal or a rivaling businessman.He was on the freaking

…I killed an employee*.

he trying to run away or

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

and stop tunnelling

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