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 her anything but 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.”
“You’re on. If I win, you have to deal with them.”
Rajack held out his hand, and we bumped fists to seal the deal. I knew better than anyone how hot black market panties were in here.
Still, there were plenty of perverts in here with us. Rajack wasn’t one, but I knew he was going to get punched in the face.
Chapter 26
Rei
T
ime flew by in Faust’s office now that he was actually talking to me instead of just grunting at me. More than that, he was talking to me like an actual human being instead of an inmate under his care. He wasn’t asking me questions like he was trying to find out what I was either. He knew I was raised with humans, and he wanted me to talk about how hard that was for me.
I found him easy to talk to, but it was fucking weird, and I still didn’t trust him. What the fuck caused this dramatic change?
After we left the privacy of his office, his demeanor changed. He got scary again. He was a little sexy in his office when he was joking and smiling with me. I knew how fucked up that sounded, but he had a friendly smile when he deemed to crack one.
I met Dakarys and Rajack, and Faust took his usual spot glaring at Venus. No peanut butter pie again. They said not to get my hopes up, but it was still the best thing they served in the mess hall. I know Dakarys was all about the pudding, but Hauser made this banana pudding that was to die for. I couldn’t eat the prison pudding without dreaming about Hauser’s cooking.
“Something’s changed,” I whispered when we sat down. “Faust is being