Page 1 of Nope, No Regrets
Faust
My wolf was ready to shift and rip the throats out of everyone to get Rei out. It would take way too long to kill everyone without him. I was still furious at Rei for not trusting me with this, but I couldn’t even talk to her. Warden Snow entrusted the interrogation of everyone involved in the prison break to me, but she refused to let me take Rei to medical.
Wren healed her as much as she could before she got interrupted by another guard. Rei didn’t have a mark on her, but she hadn’t woken up yet. There were no beds in solitary. It was a concrete cell with a tiny window and a metal toilet. That was it. There wasn’t even a sink.
I was so mad at her, and it hurt that she couldn’t trust me with this, but I didn’t want this for her. I wanted to steal a mattress from one of the other cellblocks and drag it in here; preferably from one of the witches. Actually, fuck that. I wanted to carry her home, put her in my bed, and watch her until she woke up.
I might pick off the inmates they paid me to kill, but I still thought we should have witches in medical taking care of healing. Yeah, Rei had done something wrong. People had died. The world was better off without Brody and Venus, but you try telling Warden Snow that. If she thought she’d have problems with a dead witch and a dead warlock, what did she think was going to happen if Rei died in solitary?!
Did she think Rei didn’t have anyone on the outside who would care? Rei had two wolves who had her back. I was trying to help her on the inside, and Hauser sure as shit would burn this whole place to the ground if something happened to Rei. Fuck… he’d probably try to kill me, too. I liked him and didn’t want to kill him.
Warden Snow had pulled me off my regular duties and moved me to solitary. I couldn’t work my side gig here, but I could keep an eye on Rei. I hadn’t taken work since the Aether Circle approached me about taking her out. I didn’t need to be worrying about the thrill of the hunt, not when there was probably some asshole in my prison hunting Rei.
The only cameras in solitary were in the halls. Warden Snow didn’t want them in the cells, because that way there would be no evidence if something went wrong. Don’t ask me how she got away with that, but I was sure as shit going to use it to my advantage.
I needed to be watching Rei, but Warden Snow was still pissed Brody died and so she wanted me to find something more on the gargoyle, to take him out for good. I think she was hoping I’d lose it while questioning him and take care of him for her. She didn’t know I was the one that snapped that bastard’s neck.
I might not like the fact that the fucking gargoyle was sniffing around my mate, and she trusted him with this, but I now owed him a life debt for taking the fall for Brody. I owed that damn witch who moved in on Rei when she knew full well Rei was my mate for healing her as much as she could, too. The Sphinx could fuck right off! I owed him nothing.
I pretended like I was going to question Wren again. I really wished I could sneak her into Rei’s cell for more healing, but I had no doubt Warden Snow was glued to the cameras and so we wouldn’t get far. Brody was a total fuck up. If she hadn’t been covering for him, he would have brought shame on entire family. He would have eventually messed up so badly, no amount of political power would have saved him, and she would have gone down with him.
Try telling her that.
I unlocked Wren’s cell and stepped inside. She was sitting against the wall with her knees drawn into her chest.
“You’d better have a sandwich,” she said, yawning.
I let out a little growl. Who did she think she was?! Maybe I should change my mind about killing her. Yeah, I was stuck down here, but I wasn’t here to bring stale baloney sandwiches to criminals in solitary. I’d happily bring Rei food, but fuck the rest of these people.
“Fuck you, Wren.”
That infuriating witch just smirked at me.
“You were put down here to question us, but you already know what went down. You’re either here to feed me… or because you need something from me.Again.”
This fucking witch. Yeah, sure, I needed her help. She was trying to skew the power dynamic here though, and wouldn’t help me unless I got her that sandwich. I was going to turn the tables. Wren got close to Rei when I didn’t ask or want her to. I could use that against her.
“Rei hasn’t woken up yet. What did Brody hit her with? I thought you healed her.”
“Rei needs to be in medical, getting a blood transfusion. I healed her wounds, but she lost a lot of blood. I get that we all broke the law, and we fucked up by getting caught, but we still deserve basic medical care, Faust!”
“I know that, Wren! I’ve been trying and I’d be trying, even if it wasn’t Rei. Brody was the Warden’s nephew, and I bet she took money from the Aether Circle not to put precautions in place to keep Rei and Venus apart. The Aether Circle isn’t even mad Venus is dead, but they will be pissed that Rei isn’t… and because she got so damn close to breaking out of Warden Snow’s jail. It would benefit Warden Snow if Rei died in solitary.”
“Bitch!” Wren hissed. “Anyway, Rei isn’t going to die. I healed her wounds before she lost too much blood. She’s going to feel like utter shit when she wakes up, and she would recover faster with blood, but she’s not going to die. Have they figured out her handcuffs were keyed wrong yet?”
“No, they haven’t. They know she’s a master thief. They think she lifted Brody’s keys and unlocked everyone’s cuffs. It’s pretty obvious it was his keys… prick has a keychain of a naked woman with his name engraved on the tits.”
“I’m still mad I used to hang out with a witch who agreed to fuck that asshole because of a psychopath who killed Astrid.”
“He couldn’t have snuck anything in, but he certainly would have tried. He’s one of those weak males who gets stupid when a woman is paying attention to him.”
Wren just snorted.
“What about you, Wolfy? If Rei had told you what we were up to… would you have helped?”
“I don’t know, because she never gave me the chance. You would have had a better chance of pulling it off if she had trusted me. Venus saw you sneaking off, and she followed. Brody trailed after her like a lost puppy. If I hadn’t been fighting off criminals because you justhadto keep starting riots, I could have gotten to Venus faster and stopped all this.”
“Fuck you, Faust. You might not give a shit about Astrid, but I did. Every last one of them would have come for Rei next. I didn’t have time to kill all of them, and your furry ass would have ended up here right along with us eventually trying to stop them from hurting your mate. Warden Snow will always side with the witches, especially if she’s taking bribes from the Aether Circle. I got revenge for Astrid, and I kept Rei safe. Even before Venus died, they wouldn’t have had time to come for Rei with the entire prison after them like that.”
