Category SS Prompt 2: For Hire

His voice takes on a softer tone, almost a croon. At hearing him speak, the baby stops crying as he says to Charlotte, “Yeah, I can end ‘em for ya, but is that all you really want? Death is quick, like a snuffin’ out a candle. For the right price, I could make ‘em really suffer, feel the same pain they put you through.” With that final word, he looks at the child who’s now looking at him.

“That’s the time I am happiest. That’s the time, from the centuries of my days, I love the best. I woke up this morning, ready as tomorrow. For hire I heard the voices tell me and I could hear from…...