"What do you want to do?"
After Nick removed Robert Massinger's handcuffs and took him into an interview room without surveillance cameras, Robert watched him lock the door from the inside. Rather than worry, he looked pleased, wearing a smug expression that said, "Go on, beat me up so I can muddy the waters completely."
"I know a few little secrets about your wife, Lina." Nick pressed him into a chair and whispered those words into his ear, then walked around to face him, staring straight at him without blinking.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Robert Massinger scoffed. "Are you planning to torture a confession out of me, Detective Burkhart? I hear every precinct has a little dark room like this."
"No, you're overthinking it. I only brought you here to uphold the Code of Honor and keep ordinary people from learning our secrets. Lina is a Man-Eating Spider, or a 'Black Widow,' right?"
Before Nick finished speaking, he got what he wanted: the man revealed his true form. He was actually a Man-Eating Spider too, which was somewhat unexpected.
"You see? Now you know what I am too, right?"
"Th-this is a police station. You-you can't kill me..." Robert Massinger quickly returned to his original form, every muscle in his body taut. He lowered his head, no longer daring to meet Nick's eyes.
"Have you ever killed anyone?" Nick asked.
"Wh-what?" The question made the male Man-Eating Spider wonder whether something was wrong with his ears.
Nick repeated his question. "I know your wife has to kill one more person. What I want to know now is whether you've ever helped her kill anyone."
"No! Never!" Robert Massinger shuddered. "But you know I couldn't possibly stop her. It's our species' nature."
"Yes, nature. That's why I'm