The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 14

The auctioneer was all chuckles as he wielded the tiny gavel.

“Up next, an open piece of Intel: Cerulean Whale’s launching a crackdown on Obelisk Organization and Abyssal Organization, and they’re stirring the pot in Imperial City.

Starting bid: three million dollars.

Sure, the headline was on the house, but if they wanted the nitty–gritty, they got to bid.

Noella couldn’t care less about Cerulean Whale gunning for her crew. Bring it on, who’s eating who was still up in the air.

She had been knee–deep in the gem gambling biz for the past couple of years, letting her hitman outfit grow like wildfire, and without much fuss, it became one of the deep web’s big three.

What piqued her interest was Cerulean Whale’s shenanigans in Imperial City, and if she wasn’t barking up the wrong tree, it likely involved Marcel.

She had to snag this info!

Cerulean Whale attacked Marcel right under her nose, could she even show her face around?

Noella raised her paddle. “Three million and ten grand, name’s Wise Fool.”

The crowd was like, “Say what now?”

Three million and ten grand was chump change, but that moniker made everyone else put their paddles down!

Even the auctioneer was speechless.

They were hoping to rake in tens of millions for this juicy tidbit, but with Wise Fool in the house, who would dare to bid against her?

In VIP Room No. 9, Palmer was taken aback, setting his paddle aside,as well.

Looked like it was her he was up against earlier. Since she was interested in that last piece of intel, his three million wasn’t spent in vain.

With that thought, Palmer leaned back, a sly grin spreading across his face.

He had scoured every nook and cranny of the Radi Building for Noella to no avail. Wise Fool wasn’t one to be easily tracked down.

With Wise Fool throwing her hat in the ring, the room went quiet as a mouse, letting her walk away with the news.

“Congrats to Wise Fool. Sold for three million and ten grand!”

The auctioneer was grinning from ear to ear. “Up next, a little freebie for y’all: Gemstone

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Gambling King is teaming up with some families for a public gem gamble next month. Don’t

miss out.”

Noella was confused.

in a mystery, whose casual toss of a rock always turned out

appearance?

to the message center, swiped her card, and

sending a hitman after General Marcel again

Radi Building, a squeaky–clean yet beat–up Volkswagen was about as

by the car as soon as she stepped out.

handsome face all lit up

surprised, Noella approached and quipped, “What, you moonlighting as an

gaze. Those eyes of his were something else,

she had just dug up about the

tangled in scams or dabbled in adult entertainment.

had done well to survive the cutthroat underworld of the deep web.

give you a lift?”

it would be a nice gesture

gift for you, in case you fancy joining

not know how to respond.

welcome gifts after they had already

a little box with the intel.

“You were in VIP Room No. 9? Why drop all that cash on this? How many Ubers do you need to drive to make

new. Palmer felt a mixed bag of emotions, hinting, “I’ve

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the head honcho of Abyssal Organization. He could make a killing with just one job on the

bought this intel just for me? What if I don’t want to join

joy it brings. If it makes you happy, that’s its true value. Everything else is

just to cheer her up?

holding the box heat

always splurge like this on girls?”

a moment, then said, “You’re the first. I never gave gifts to ladies, except for my mom, back when she was around. She

memories and quickly apologized, “Sorry. Didn’t mean to bring

my

Noella was dumbstruck.

that kind of

when she got presents from the

slums didn’t get the concept of subtlety? Did they

were straight shooters, always fearing they might not get another chance to

mind, Noella stifled the oddly exhilarating

“Yeah, happy.”

smile deepened, and Noella, feeling her

hot

opening her

director of Heartfelt Orphanage are the same person who had dealings with Vincent, a merchant from Tranquility City, before

did he get mixed up in this?