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.

wrapped in a mystery, whose casual toss of a rock always

a public appearance? News

swiped her card, and got

General Marcel again

Volkswagen was about as low–profile as it gets, clearly showing

the car as

handsome face all lit up with a welcoming ease.

bit surprised, Noella approached and quipped, “What, you moonlighting

gaze. Those eyes of his

his ride, recalling the info she had just dug up about the

got tangled in

the cutthroat underworld of the deep

give you

would be a nice gesture to support Palmer’s “side hustle“, Noella hopped in without much fuss.

in case you

know how

would give welcome gifts after they had already met a few times?

handed over a little box with

9? Why drop all that cash on this? How many Ubers do you need to drive to make that back?”

a mixed bag of emotions, hinting, “I’ve got

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got it then; the guy was the head honcho of Abyssal Organization. He could make a killing with just one job on

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

is in the joy it brings. If it makes you happy, that’s its

much cash just

hands holding the box heat up.

like this on

“You’re the first. I never gave gifts to ladies, except for my

meant to stir up sad memories and quickly apologized, “Sorry.

So, does my

Noella was dumbstruck.

asks that kind of thing

got

concept of subtlety? Did

and knew they were straight shooters, always fearing they

that in mind, Noella stifled the oddly

“Yeah, happy.”

and Noella, feeling her face heat up,

hot in here!

for a moment before opening her message box right in

Tandy Hospital and the director of Heartfelt Orphanage are the same person

did he get mixed up in this?