I moved between them and placed a hand on Ethan's chest. "He's baiting you, asshole. Do you wanna get sent to the hole?"
Ethan growled, but let me stop him as Gustard smirked.
"I know your secret, pup," he whispered. "And I'm looking forward to the whole thing playing out."
"Four-oh-six, go to room nine," Officer Nixon called out and Gustard sauntered away, grinning like he'd just won the fucking lottery.
"What was that about?" Ethan demanded, taking hold of my arm as I bared my teeth at Gustard's back and forcing me to turn and face him.
"None of your business, stronzo," I snarled, turning my anger on him happily enough. "Now get your fucking hand off of me before I break it."
"I want to know what he was just threatening you over," Ethan insisted, his grip tightening.
"She told you to release her," Roary said in a low growl which said he was looking to step in and defend me. But fuck that, I wasn't some poor victim needing a knight in shining armour.
"Why don't you tell the whole prison about us being mated? Then I'll tell you all of my deep, dark secrets," I offered, shifting closer to Ethan so that we were almost close enough to kiss, but despite the heat building between us from our proximity, I had no intention of doing that.
"You know I can't do that," he growled back.
"Can't or won't?" I asked. "Anyone would think you'd been castrated because you sure are acting like a scared little bitch."
Ethan bared his teeth and I gave him my cherry pie smile.
Roary shoved him off of me and I smiled even wider as Ethan whirled on him. "Don't tell me she's got you Bedazzled too? It seems like half the men in this place are sniffing around her like a pack of desperate vultures."
"What's the matter, Shadowbrook?" Roary asked, moving so that his chest was pressed to Ethan's. "Is there some reason why you don't like the idea of me and Rosa sharing a bunk at night?"
Ethan's gaze shot to mine and the look of betrayal on his face made me bark a laugh.
"What's the problem, stronzo?" I asked. "Is there some reason why you don't want me warming another Fae's bed?"
"You can't possibly expect me to believe you actually want this asshole?" he demanded, pointing an accusing finger at Roary. "You shouldn't be able to think about anyone apart from-"
"Apart from who?" I asked, smirking widely as he bunched his fists up with anger, because even now he looked fit to snap. "Is there some reason why I shouldn't be sharing my body with every hot Alpha I can get my hands on?"
Ethan just growled as he shot a look at the rest of the Fae lining the corridor but most of the Wolves and Pegasus herd were still bickering and close to breaking out into another fight so none of them were paying us too much attention.
"You can't," Ethan commanded, that Alpha tone to his voice which forced everyone beneath him to fall in and obey his commands. I felt the power of it crash against me like a storm, but my will was unmoveable and there was no fucking chance of me bowing my head to any command of his.
"Watch me," I purred, tossing him a wink and turning to walk away from him.
"Rosalie!" he barked but Officer Nixon was beckoning me over to room three and I had zero interest in any of my so-called mate's bullshit right now.
I raised a hand over my shoulder and flipped him the finger as I put more sway into my hips than usual and let him watch my ass walk away. That was a sight he seriously needed to get used to anyway.
Roary's laughter followed me down the hall and I smirked before remembering that he was rejecting me too. What was with all the stronzos in this place? I was going to get a fucking complex soon if I wasn't careful.
"Did you get a good frisk already, Twelve?" Officer Nixon asked me in a low voice as I approached the door. "Because I don't mind giving you a good going over if you haven't? Then maybe you'll find your commissary a little higher this week for good behaviour."
"What the fuck did you just say to me?" I demanded, turning to glare up at him and he just smiled blandly.
"If you want a really big boost, we could go the whole hog and do a cavity search," he