Page 81 of Sinful Sacrifice

Herman Jackson. Forty-four. Piece-of-shit cyber hacker.

The man who helped the Popovs hack into my family’s security system.

He’s the last man on my list, and I can’t wait to cross his name off.

After I watch him take his last breath, we’ll have killed every man responsible for my family’s murder.

I slide black leather gloves over my hands. Julian does the same before handing me a vial and keeping one for himself.

He’s trying to keep his emotions in check, but I know my little brother.

I see the emotional storm in his eyes.

We agreed to do this together.

I play with the vial in my hand. Herman has finally shut his loud ass up, most likely trying to add up in his idiot head what we’re doing.

While I was honest when I told Pippa we had Ace’s venom removed, I withheld the information of what we had done with it. Antonio had it stored in vials and refrigerated them. We save the venom for the right moments. It’s one of our methods of killing.

Julian and I decided we didn’t want the men to go to prison.

We didn’t want to recite some sob story to a courtroom about how our family’s deaths destroyed us and we missed them so fucking much.

No, we wanted to kill those responsible ourselves.

To take the final breaths from their bodies.

Julian glances at me in question, and I nod.

Herman thrashes his body from side to side.

Screaming.

Begging.

Apologizing.

Every word he says makes me sick.

The idea of him believing we’d spare his life is laughable.

We dip the syringes in the venom, and I watch in fascination as it fills with the transparent liquid. Each of us, using one hand, holds Herman’s head back, restraining him. We use the other to puncture the needles into his neck.

He screams.

Wails.

Kicks his feet.

We sit in chairs opposite him. We’ve never given someone a double dose before. Due to our limited supply, we avoid wasting the venom. One always does the trick. Given the situation, Antonio gave us permission to use as much as we wanted.

I check my watch, waiting patiently.

Ticktock.

Ticktock.

The effects of the venom kick in fast.

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