Noble Chastain

The Soapstone Purse

“I do not have enough to pay you for this dark task, but this murderer is in possession of great wealth. If you can free it from his ownership, then I am to believe you’ll receive a payment fit for the gods,” he said, as a pleading look took over his face. “I hope I do not sound vile, but my son deserved not his death—he was a kind man who happened upon something bigger than himself, something that attracts the worst kinds of people.”