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steal them.

Dakarys and Rajack leaned in conspiratorially.

“Can we trust you? Like, really trust you? Are you a snitch, Rei?”

This was good. We were getting somewhere. They needed to trust me too. I was many things, and I got off on breaking the law, but I was not a rat. I was a little offended they asked.

“They tried to offer me a plea deal if I would rat on who I gave the Grimoire to. Even if I knew, I wouldn’t have told them. My business ran on anonymity for a reason. I won’t sell someone out, but my clients totally would.”

Rajack let out a deep chuckle. He had this sexy voice.

“I really don’t think you need to worry about your witch friend. We followed her, too, when we knew we had two potential thieves coming. You might not have ratted anyone out, but the witch did. If Astrid finds out she ratted on other witches, she’ll banish her from the gang. People get beaten and murdered in here. Shit gets stolen all the time. But one thing is sacred no matter what prison you are in—don’t snitch on other inmates.”

I threw back my head and laughed. I could handle that, but Venus totally couldn’t.

“I’m not a snitch, so why don’t you tell me what you think I’ll tell on you for?”

Dakarys’s eyes glittered.

“We require a master thief. It will be the biggest heist you’ve ever pulled off and give you a ton of street cred. But we can get to that later. Why don’t we all get to know each other first?”

He didn’t have to say any more. The biggest heist ever? I was so here for that. The stakes for stealing in prison were so much higher than out in the world.

And I wasn’t getting caught this time. The fact that both Venus and Faust would be up my ass while I tried to pull this off just made it a million times more fun.

Chapter 10

Rajack

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e had our thief, and I wanted out of here yesterday, but I understood why Dakarys took his time with her. We needed trust all around. If these handcuffs weren’t on my wrist, I would have known instantly if she was lying. Gargoyles could always tell if someone wasn’t telling the truth. I couldn’t interrogate her with my gargoyle gifts until she’d stolen a key to these cuffs, among the other things we needed her to steal for this to work.

Dakarys and I quickly decided we couldn’t trust a single thief in Silverhold. They tended to die pretty quickly here because they had sticky fingers and stole from people they shouldn’t have. So, we got really interested in the news and who might end up in Silverhold with us.

We perked right the fuck up when two thieves had been arrested outside the Museum of the Profane. It was all over the news because of what they housed there. There were all kinds of dangerous and cursed relics behind those walls, and security was so tight, no one had tried breaking in since before I got arrested.

We had two potential thieves coming with balls big enough to try to break into the Museum of the Profane. I was against the fox at first since she seemed a little bitey, but then it became clear we couldn’t use the witch.

We followed both of them closely, trying to determine their methods. We had absolutely no idea how the Silver Fox was breaking in and only left behind one hair. The witch was using her magic, and that could be tracked. She also left an enormous mess behind at every scene. Sloppy. She would have been caught even if the fox didn’t slow her down by biting her ankle.

It wasn’t even a discussion. Both thieves weren’t stealing for themselves. That much became obvious. As evidence started piling up against the witch, arrests started getting made in the supernatural community for the clients who paid her to steal for them. All the loot was recovered, and people ended up in another magical prison besides Silverhold. Silverhold was where the bad people went now that Scorchwood was closed for renovations.

We wanted out of Silverhold, but not enough to trust a sloppy witch who would snitch to save her own ass. It became pretty obvious the Silver Fox was going to be our only option unless another thief got arrested. And it would have to be a significant player to end up in Silverhold. Pickpockets didn’t end up here. Usually, people