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

1/5

13:12

Chapter 14

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

miss out.”

Noella was confused.

name in the jewelry game, a riddle wrapped in a mystery, whose casual toss of a rock always turned out

appearance?

center, swiped her card, and got the dirt.

Whale is sending a hitman after General Marcel again

Radi Building, a squeaky–clean yet beat–up Volkswagen was about as low–profile as it gets, clearly showing its age.

spotted Palmer by the car as soon as

waved her over, his refined and handsome face all lit up with

“What, you moonlighting as an Uber driver?”

momentarily frozen, his smile stiffening before meeting Noella’s skeptical gaze. Those eyes of his were something else, bright

at his ride, recalling the info she had just dug up about the villages near Heartfelt

either got tangled in scams or dabbled in adult

had done well to survive the

if I give you a lift?”

a ride’s a ride, and it would be a nice gesture to support Palmer’s “side hustle“, Noella hopped in

a welcome gift for you, in case you

did not know how

welcome gifts after they had already met a

handed over a little box with the intel.

Noella asked, “You were in VIP Room No. 9? Why drop all that cash

billionaire, being mistaken for an Uber driver was new. Palmer felt a mixed bag of emotions,

2/5

13:12

Chapter 14

He could make a killing with just one job on the deep

me? What if I don’t

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

cash just

holding the

splurge like this

gave gifts to ladies, except for my

and quickly apologized, “Sorry. Didn’t mean

So, does my gift make you

Noella was dumbstruck.

asks that kind of

got presents from the Schnabel family’s fourth son?

was it that folks from the slums didn’t get the concept of subtlety? Did they have

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

mind, Noella stifled the oddly

“Yeah, happy.”

feeling her face heat up, quickly looked

it’s getting hot in here!

a moment before opening her message box right in front of

Orphanage are the same person who had dealings with Vincent, a merchant from

did he get mixed up