The Killer Queen ( Noella Briony ) novel Chapter 446

Coworker?

What kind of coworker?

Thorpe looked utterly perplexed.

“You’re not rolling with the boss anymore?”

“It’s more like the boss didn’t want me in his crew! He sent my son up here, can you believe that?”

The shock in Thorpe’s eyes was unmistakable.

“And the kid's mom?”

“An old client we worked with. When she found out Shiba wasn’t your average kid, she bailed.”

A child abandoned at the border, motherless, with an assassin for a father – talk about a hellish start in life.

A gone mom, hitman dad, a reclusive self, a broken home.

Watching the child sleeping peacefully on the bed, Thorpe had a moment of clarity.

“That’s why people like us shouldn’t fall for clients, man. Why’d you go and have a kid with one?”

“…Shut it!”

Thorpe was always the kind to speak his mind, even when it wasn’t pleasant to hear!

He just shrugged.

“That’s how the boss rolls. You get used to it. We’re all just pawns he’s decided to toss aside.”

Dog-Head nodded along.

“So, the boss has been to Lockhart Prison lately.”

“What did you say?!”

Thorpe’s brothers were still in Lockhart Prison, probably thinking they were about to retire there with Xavier.

With 7-Slayer heading to Lockhart, who knew what he might do to Thorpe’s brothers!

Thorpe frantically wheeled his chair, preparing to find Noella. Then, deciding the wheelchair was too slow, he stood up and ran!

Dog-Head: “…A medical miracle.”

He looked toward the horizon where the dawn broke the darkness with its light.

Dog-Head hummed an unknown tune, patting the child, whose steady breathing suggested he was dreaming of something delicious.

Dog-Head muttered to himself, “Look, that’s the sun for today.”

…

Thorpe sprinted to find Noella dining in a restaurant.

He grabbed a chair and sat down as if he belonged there.

Noella: “Do you even know where you stand?”

Thorpe chuckled, “Isn’t Thorpe a mountain in your Harmonia Country? Same difference, my own mountain!”

“Dog-Head said the boss went to Lockhart Prison!”

Noella calmly responded, “So, he went to check on his mountain. What’s the big deal?”

Tandy and Hollis aren’t 7-Slayer’s own mountains?

Thorpe couldn’t stay seated any longer.

“No! I came to you because the boss must know what I’m up to. If he’s at Lockhart now, he’s surely going to make a move against my brothers!”

“It’s not like it’s my brothers he's after.”

Stirling, puzzled, asked, “What's this big guy even talking about? Stay away from my sister!”

Seeing Stirling unscathed despite what should have been an attack by several assassins, Thorpe knew he’d made the right choice.

He gritted his teeth.

“Help me out, and I’ll owe you my life!”

Noella glanced at him.

“Your life isn't worth much to me. Plus, everyone I work with needs to have hair.”

What’s wrong with being bald?

Or having a receding hairline!

Thorpe couldn't believe his pledge of allegiance was being rejected over his lack of hair…

Noella sipped her tea.

“You’re too weak, Tandy and Hollis aren’t in good shape, what use would I have for you? Plus, you’re all too dumb.”

Neither the Obelisk Organization nor the Polaris Star could make use of Thorpe and his brothers!