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.

a riddle wrapped in a mystery,

appearance? News to her.

the message center, swiped her card, and got the dirt.

General Marcel again tomorrow, the price tag: a hundred million dollars.”

about as low–profile as it gets, clearly

car as soon as she stepped out.

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

and quipped, “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

she had just dug up about the

either got tangled in

done well to survive the cutthroat underworld

I give

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

for you, in case

not know how to

give welcome gifts after they had already met a few

little box with the intel.

all that cash on this? How

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

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Organization. He could make a

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

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

cash just to cheer her up?

hands holding the box heat up.

always splurge like

never gave gifts to ladies, except for my mom, back when she was around. She

and quickly apologized, “Sorry.

does my gift

Noella was dumbstruck.

that kind

she got presents from

the concept of subtlety? Did they have to wear all their emotions on their

knew they were straight shooters, always fearing they might not get another chance to speak their minds.

stifled the

“Yeah, happy.”

Noella, feeling her face heat

getting hot in here!

pondered for a moment before opening her

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

How did he get mixed up in this?