The Apprentice's Bargain [Fiction | Crime] by Sevastian Winters

He didn’t mean to kill him. It was supposed to be a petty act. A small rebellion. A moment of anger aimed at a man who built his fortune on other people’s desperation. But one push becomes a fall. One fall becomes blood.And suddenly the apprentice is standing over the body of the mentor who taught him that life is a game you either win or lose.Reuben signed a contract believing ruthlessness was the price of success. Eviction notices. Whiskey in crystal glasses. A Rolls-Royce gleaming under streetlights. “This game is not for bleeding hearts.” Tonight, the lesson is complete.As sirens wail in the distance and the city moves on without noticing, he’s left with a choice: confess… or finish what his mentor started.The Apprentice’s Bargain is a tense psychological descent into ambition, morality, and the cost of becoming the very thing you once despised.