few months back. Memoriae crystals are rather hard to come by and as I wanted two for my purposes, it took a little while to acquire them. But I feel certain that the effort will pay off once I'm breathing fresh air once more." Gustard looked like the cat who’d gotten the cream, the gourmet pouches of crazy overpriced food, and an obsessed little old lady to boot.
Roary took a step forward with a growl but I reached out and caught his arm, halting his progress as I glared at Gustard.
"Spit it out you mind raping bastardo. If you have something to say to me, then just fucking say it."
Gustard’s predatory smile widened and he lifted his chin like he thought he'd won something. And he had. It was as clear to me as a dick slapping me in the face. No missing it. He had us right where he wanted us.
"I know that the two of you are planning to escape this cesspit with Sin Wilder in tow," he purred, lapping up the way both Roary and I threw hate filled looks his way like it was making his fucking day. "I know you need a Polethius Mole Shifter and that there's only one left in the entire prison. I know what you plan to do to the Order Suppressant pump down on the maintenance level and how you plan to circumvent all of the security measures put in place to stop you. And I believe that it will work. So, here's my offer. Take me with you and I won't say a word to anyone." Silence rang out following his words, but he just waited for us to agree and it fucking killed me to admit to myself that we were probably going to have to.
Why stars? Why him? Of all the fucked up, twisted motherfuckers in here why did it have to be this particular brand of ass eating dickweed??
"And if we refuse?" Roary growled. "Or just kill you here and now and leave your broken body for the guards to find?"
"Well, then in that case, the crystal with my memories containing every dirty little inch of your plans will be handed over to the authorities,” Gustard said with a shrug like either option was equally acceptable to him.
"Bullshit," Roary hissed. "I don't believe you got hold of one of those stones, let alone two. They're rare as fuck. Even my family find it hard to come by them and we know every backwater dealer and notable thief in the kingdom.”
"It was difficult," Gustard agreed. "But worth it for the cost of my freedom. And the reason I had two created was because I was certain you wouldn't believe me. So sweet Rosalie's cousin Dante will have received one of the pair in the mail this morning. All it will take is a single phone call to him to confirm it and we will all find ourselves on the same team."
Roary looked at me like he was asking permission to tear this asshole's throat out anyway and I gritted my teeth in rage as I was forced to shake my head.
"If you're lying to me, Gustard, then I'll rip your balls off and choke you with them before you die," I spat.
"You'll do well not speak to me that way again, pup," he hissed. “But for now, I’ll give you a pass while you come to terms with your new reality.” He smirked at us before tipping an imaginary hat to me and stalking away into the trees again.
"Fuck!" I cursed as soon as he was out of the silencing bubble and the stench of his black soul had left my nostrils. "I'm not bringing that psychopath with us when we leave - do you know what he did to earn his place in here?"
"I heard he killed a bunch of women," Roary muttered, swiping a hand down his face like he was trying to think of some way out of this.
"Killed is putting it lightly. And they weren't women. They were girls who hadn't been Awakened yet. He kept them alive for days while he tortured them to death. He used his Cyclops gifts to find their greatest fears and then brought them to life and tortured them with them. I looked into all the gang leaders before I came here and the things in his file would have given my papa a run for his money."
"Then what the hell are we going to do? We