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“Everyone at the fight is in solitary” He let out a sad laugh “They ran out of cells”

“Shit,” I muttered

Hoould the guards explain so ht to the day crew? “Surprised they didn’t just call the cops and have us carted off to jail”

“I think they have more creative punishments in mind for us”

Theopen Ollie hobbled into our cell Soot knocked out He held so and black in his left hand

I wrapped ged Nothing

He raised the instru, and I’ll fry your ass,” he warned

I nodded once and relaxed led as he pulled them from his pocket

“We had a good thing going and you ruined it, Roman”

“Good for who?” I asked

A white-hot jab of stinging needles exploded against my side My entire body twitched

Ollie laughed “That was the lowest setting”

There was a click and the pressure onand drooling on my chest

“You got anything smart to say?” Ollie asked Eraser

Eraser remained silent

A few seconds later, he landed in a heap next to me

Two soft thuds hit the floor in front of us I cracked open an eye Two red and green apples rolled our way

“You two fight over the ive a fuck,” Ollie said as he backed out the door and slammed it shut

I snatched the apples off the ground and rubbed them on the cleanest part of my sweatpants

“Here” I held out one of the apples toward Eraser

He sain?”

“I’ll eat yours if you don’t want it” I crunched into the fruit and i hurt

“Give me that” He snatched the other apple out of my hand

Our bodies were battered beyond belief

But they hadn’t broken our spirits—yet

“How long you think they’ll keep us here?” I asked

He tore another chunk out of his apple and chewed loudly “I’d keep your expectations low, brother We ain’t gettin’ out any time soon”

“My expectations couldn’t be lower” Goddammit, I really didn’t want to die in this filthy iht ”

Chapter Forty-Five

Roman