Page 26 of I Regret Nothing
hy was Faust fucking things up for us? I didn’t even know what this was. If Faust wanted to know what she was so bad, there was a doctor who could have drawn blood and told him. He was letting an inmate run loose with magic, and it was like he didn’t even care if that could eventually crash down on his head and get him fired.
Why was Faust so interested? I could admit Rei was easily the prettiest inmate in here. I wanted to run my hands through that long, white hair, and I loved how her violet eyes were always sparkling with some kind of trouble. I loved that she was probably only helping us because breaking out of prison seemed fun to her.
Rajack was filling me in on everything he knew about Kitsunes. How fucking lucky did we get? The fact that they could only nail her for so little was making a lot of sense. He didn’t know how much of what he read was true or not, but they were also supposed to be fiercely loyal, which we definitely needed.
We just needed to get her alone in the mailroom to fill her in on the entire plan so she could get to stealing. One of the major things we needed her to steal was a set of cuff keys, but Rajack and I had already discussed this sorting mail. It was way too dangerous to steal them from Faust. If Faust’s keys went missing, he wouldn’t report it like he was supposed to. He’d torture inmates until he got the keys back.
We’d already picked our target for whose keys got stolen. Rajack and I both hated Brody. He was inept and cruel. He wouldn’t report his keys missing either. He was a fuck up and would have assumed he misplaced them. Brody would search for the keys himself and explore every single option that didn’t involve murdering inmates before he reported his keys were lost. And we’d be long gone before that happened.
It helped that the guards here were just as bad as us criminals.
“Hey, we got the panty order today. Do you think Rei wants some?” Rajack asked.
I had learned my gargoyle friend had a bit of a demon obsession, and now that we knew Rei was a Kitsune, he was always looking at her with stars in his eyes. She was beautiful, I could admit that, but we hardly knew her. Iwantedto get to know her better, and I liked what I knew, but I didn’t want Rajack running her off.
“Rajack, youcannotgift lacy panties to a girl we just met. Especially not when we need her. Do you want our thief running for the hills because you shoved a thong at her? Some lingerie they ask us to get is indecent.”
“Fuck off, Dakarys. You know your mind went there when I brought it up.”
He wasn’t wrong.
I’ll bet she’d look spectacular in a little purple number that would make her violet eyes pop, but I couldn’t think about that, nor would I ever bring it up. Rei had no problem telling Faust he was a dick to his face. She’d probably maul us, and it wasn’t just that we needed her. I didn’t want her mad at us.
Yeah, maybe I was a little obsessed with her too. She was just so spunky.
“I’m not going to shove them at her, but I’m going to ask if she wants some of this haul. I’m not being offensive, but every single woman in his prison hates the undergarments here. You know some men want the lacy thongs too.”
That much was true. The shifters liked to bluster about how manly they were, and they were always picking fights, but some of them were our best customers for the lacy stuff. Rajack and I totally didn’t understand that. If we liked women’s underwear, we would have owned it instead of overcompensating and keeping it this big secret. But enough about that.
“Rajack, offer heranythingbut panties. Everyone likes chocolate. Get her the good shit they don’t sell at the commissary.”
“We don’t have chocolate today. The chocolate doesn’t come in for another week. We have a lot of panties today, and we got extra just in case. Why not give them to Rei instead of one of the kinky Vampires like we always do?”
“Because we already know the kinky Vampires are into them. Need I remind you we need Rei, and I’m pretty sure you are into her.”
Rajack just scoffed.
“So are you, asshole. You’re just trying to play it safe.”
I threw up my hands.
“You should be too! We can’t pull this off without her.”
“Which is why we should get her nice things.”
“You’re going to do this no matter what, aren’t you?”
“I’ll keep it classy.”
“You know there’s pretty much no way to give a girl you aren’t dating that didn’t ask for it a lacy thong and still be classy, right?”
Rajack just winked at me.
“Unless you’re in prison and the undergarments they give you are ugly and uncomfortable. Every single woman in Silverhold has spoken, Dakarys. There’s not a single woman here that doesn’t ask for this. She’d be more comfortable in what’s in this package.”
“Maybe, but I’ll bet you anything you want she punches you in the face for asking.”
“Fine. If I win, you have to deal with the Vampires until we get out of here.”
