Villain Hiring: Help! Author Wants Me Dead - Chapter 16: *Bonus Chapter*

... s I made my way through the winding roads towards our house.

The raven had flown off, its dark silhouette disappearing into the morning sky as if it hadn't been there at all.

But the note it brought burned like a brand in my pocket, the words etched into my mind.

The Patriarch summons you.

I did not let my thoughts linger on it. Not yet. My gaze swept over the crumbling stone walls and uneven cobblestones of the city's outer district.

This place, rough and ...