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

a public appearance? News to her.

swiped her card, and got the

Marcel again tomorrow, the price tag: a hundred

Volkswagen was about as

by the car as soon as she stepped

face all lit up with a welcoming ease.

surprised, Noella approached and quipped, “What,

meeting Noella’s skeptical gaze. Those eyes of his were

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

got tangled

the cutthroat underworld of the deep web.

if I give

a nice gesture to support Palmer’s “side hustle“,

welcome gift for you, in case

did not know how to

welcome gifts after they

box with the intel.

No. 9? Why drop all that cash on this? How many Ubers do you need to drive to make that back?”

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

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Organization. He could make a

What if I don’t want to join

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

so much cash just to cheer

hands holding

always splurge like this on

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

up sad memories and quickly apologized, “Sorry. Didn’t mean

does my

Noella was dumbstruck.

kind of

wasn’t she this speechless when she got presents from the Schnabel family’s fourth

it that folks from the slums didn’t get the concept of subtlety? Did they have to wear all their emotions on

were straight shooters, always fearing they might not get

in mind, Noella stifled the oddly

“Yeah, happy.”

and Noella, feeling her

it’s getting hot in here!

moment before opening her message box right in front of

Heartfelt Orphanage are the same person who had dealings with

How did he get