Page 10 of Ghost Among Lies

"Oh, don't worry. I have a feeling things are about to get interesting.” Nyx waggled her brows. "Shall I tie them back up?" She looked to Anita for confirmation.

Anita nodded her head once before heading over to the third guy. The sniffling I had tuned out while sparring with the cousins came back in full force. The guy was shit scared. "You should've left as soon as you figured out what was happening." That was the only warning Anita gave him before she dragged her knife across his throat. Ending his life in the most merciful way she could considering what was about to happen.

"Your deaths won't be nearly as quick." She pointed the bloody knife at the men. "You want to harvest organs. Let's see how you like losing them. But first you're going to tell us who you work for."

"Yeah, there's no way you two dumb shits are the masterminds behind this organization," Nyx added.

Hawk was working in the background to figure out who these two reported to, but so far, they had nothing. This was a much larger operation. These guys were simply the ones who worked in this region.

"We don't know anything," the second cousin pleaded. "We accept jobs on the web. Then pay someone to deliver the coolers. That's it. We've never met the person in charge."

"Shut up!" the other cousin hissed.

"Dude, they are going to kill us," the guy whined.

At least one of them was smart enough to know how this was going to play out. "Yeah, we are. But how many organs you lose in the meantime will be determined by what you tell us," I was quick to inform them.

"I'm not scared of you bitches." There that cocky one went. Running his mouth once again. The guy was grating on my last nerve.

"You know calling a woman a bitch isn't very original. That's three times now you've used the same word. It's getting a little stale, don't you think?"

The asshole hissed at me. He reminded me of a feral cat, and it made me chuckle. Apparently, that further pissed him off. "Screw you, slut. I'm going to fuck you so hard as I carve your fucking kidney out of your stomach that the last thing you see is my face."

Vicious. I liked it. Not him obviously but the picture he painted. Although I was against rape, I was pretty sure I could find a way to make that work on these guys.

"Huh." Nyx rubbed her hands together. "You just gave me a brilliant idea." She turned to Anita. "What are your thoughts on fucking him in the ass with a knife while we cut out his kidney?"

Beckett winced. Anita's man was going to have to toughen up if he wanted to join us on assignments. Especially when Nyx and Anita decided they wanted to play. Either one of them was deadly in their own right, but together, they were what nightmares were made of.

"I'm thinking a drill would be better," Anita deadpanned.

Nyx made a lap around the old surgical room until she found what she was looking for. "Oh look. It just so happens this place has a drill. I guess you're getting your wish." She smiled at Anita who merely responded with a bored look. "You know it wouldn't kill you to look a little more enthused." Nyx threw her hands up.

Anita shook her head but didn't respond.

I glanced at the cousins. The prick looked scared for the first time since we tied him up. But the other one was so green I was sure he would puke any minute.

"I don't think he has the stomach for what you're about to do." I brought everyone's attention to the guy.

"Well, now." Nyx smirked. "That's an interesting development, considering what you've been doing here."

"Please," he begged. "Just kill me already."

"Sorry, but you don't make the rules," I advised him. "But I do agree we need to get this started. We need to get back to the plane." I didn't expand beyond that but my team knew what I was referring to.

"You're right." Nyx sighed. "Last chance to tell us who you work for before things get very uncomfortable."

"They call themselves The Givers. They contact us through the dark web. I swear that's all I know." Thing Two––not to be mistaken with Thing One, the asshole––rushed out to tell us.

My team and I shared a look between ourselves. We'd never heard of them, but now, we had information to give Hawk. Hopefully, they could figure it out past that.

"Thank you for the information." Nyx walked over to the trembling man. "Your cooperation is appreciated and will be rewarded." With the flick of her wrist, she sliced his throat so deep she nearly took off his head.

"Two down." I pointed at Mr. Cocky. "That just leaves you."

He didn't respond. And it looked like he had resigned himself to his fate.

"Just out of curiosity, would you ever give your cousin here your kidney?" Nyx pointed to the dead guy.