Chapter 183: At The Headquarters III

Cole was speechless momentarily at Athena’s question.

What was her crime? Her crime was disrupting their plans at every turn! Wasn’t that obvious?!

"Are you speechless now? Tell me, Cole..." Athena continued, stepping closer to the male, who glared at her hatefully. "What is my crime?"

Cole bit his lips. If he dared mention what was on his mind, he might be electrocuted to death like Heronica had been!

Athena, as if reading his thoughts, smirked devilishly. "Oh, don’t worry, Cole. Your dear Heronica is still alive. Just a bit... burnt on the inside."

As if on cue, Heronica’s head began to rise from its earlier droopy state.

Cole’s eyes widened as he watched Heronica struggle to keep her head erect and steady.

"What...what... happened?" She muttered, her voice barely audible.

Cole swallowed and looked at Athena.

"You see, she is alive. Now answer my question."

Cole took his lips in, but hurriedly opening his mouth when Athena tapped the small black object in her hand, which could be used to manually electrocute them if they chose to remain silent.

"Your crime is upsetting my boss. You have given him sleepless nights for the past few weeks. But rest assured, that won’t be the case for long."

hear that Morgan was in a hot seat. "That’s huge talk coming from

his mouth

your boss? That’s a stupid statement. Well, I wouldn’t expect

managed to lift her head, her

of the metal seats by the door. She would need to sit for this

managed to retain a reasonable steady gaze on Athena, while wondering for the umpteenth time how

time since being dumped in there, yet she couldn’t decipher which operation ran this unit, because

wetting her tongue

to himself. Their only job was to listen and take his orders. Why wouldn’t they when he had saved their lives from penury and given them

"Heronica?"

had finally landed in hell, considering the pain that had

tell the boss to incorporate it into the torture techniques of the gang. Maybe, if she was

while she tortured her—brought a stupid smile to her face, one that even surprised her partner, who wondered if she had a way out of

Heronica," Athena began, taking a seat. Beside her, Aiden took a seat too and crossed his

and Cole

my kidnapping? Who wants me dead? I know you people are just the hired guns for

exchanged strange glances. "We don’t know," Heronica finally

noticing that there was no electric shock, a tight

shrugged his shoulders. "It would mean there is a limit to the amount of information that Morgan trusts with

her. She looked like

and had often wondered why the boss was so damn secretive. But now, observing her current situation, she admitted that perhaps her boss was right to keep most things to himself. How would she have escaped this

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