9 - There's trouble in Paradise

SOFIA

I shut the lid of the toilet seat and sat down on it, hoping the guard would leave. I didn’t want to get into trouble for being caught with Maverick.

“Who was here with you?” The guard asked him.

“No one.”

“You don’t want to lie to me, inmate.”

“I’m not lying. I think you heard someone from the toilets on the other side. Maybe you should check there.”

The sound of the footsteps began to fade away. I sagged in relief.

“You can come out now.”

I opened the door slowly and peeked out to make sure no one was lingering around.

“So where were we?” He teased me; the corners of his mouth turned up.

“Let’s forget that it ever happened.”

I wanted to forget that I was momentarily distracted and was extremely turned on by the Alpha’s words. I couldn’t help as my eyes moved over his body. He was tall, maybe six feet three, all hard and smooth muscles. Thick arms and even thicker hands. An image flashed inside my head, a filthy one with Maverick’s large hot, and needy body covering mine and fucking me.

He passed me a grin as if he could read my thoughts. “Forget what? That your pussy got wet with just a few of my words? Funny how I didn’t even have to touch you.”

I knew the color was rising over my cheeks. “I wasn’t turned on!”

He chuckled, “Don’t lie to an Alpha. My sense of smell and instincts are far better than yours.”

I rolled my eyes. “Typical werewolf with a god complex.”

“It’s confidence, baby. I know I’m better than most species.”

“If you’re done talking highly about yourself, can I get back to my job?”

“I thought we should finish what we started.” He said suggestively.

I gaped at him, “What? No!”

He grinned and the dimples kicked in. The asshole was attractive as hell and the worst part was that he knew it. “I’ve got big hands, and big fingers and I know how to use them well.”

“I’m sure you do but I’m not interested.”

“Those are some serious lies spewing out of your mouth but you know what, I’ll give you a chance to explore your prospects.”

“I’m not considering anybody because I’m not signing the Protection Program.”

“We’ll see.”

* * *

For the next few days, I struggled to get the blood bags. It was a constant war in the prison and the cafeteria was a battlefield. There was one Vampire who grabbed all the blood bags that he could. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

And that left the others with nothing.

Today, I was faster than he was. I grabbed three while I was at it. From the other side of the cafeteria, I could see the eyes of the predators watching me like blood-thirsty vultures.

I found a spot and sat down. I tore the top with my teeth and guzzled down the blood, feeling the thick delicious liquid go down my throat. This was like an energy boost. I drank half of it when a tall pale Vampire walked to my table.

This was the same Blood-bag hogger. He took bags more than he should only because others were afraid to stand up to him.

He forced a smile, “Sofia, is it?”

“What do you want?”

“I’m Talon. Those are my blood-bags that you’ve taken. A girl like yourself doesn’t need so many. My friends and I share.”

“Why don’t you let me decide how much I can eat.”

He narrowed his eyes at me. “I think you’ve had plenty for one day. You should hand over the other two bags for my friends is what I’m saying.”

“I think the rules of the prison are that I get to keep the food that I hunted for. First come first serve so these are mine. Besides, I can see that your friends have more than enough food. Back off!”

He gritted his teeth. “You’re a lady so I was being polite but I’ll forget that you’re a girl. Do not test me.”

“Your threats are useless here. I’m not scared of you.”

“YOU’RE ON MY TURF!” He barred his teeth at me, those fangs dripping with blood.

You’d think since we both belonged to the same species, we would be BFFs but that wasn’t the case here. Vampires were cunning and ruthless by nature. Male vampires more so than female ones. There were rumors about the blood-bag hog that had been circulating the prison.

Talon had gone on a murderous rampage, killing and feeding off people he could find across states. Sometimes he hunted them, he loved playing games with women, especially. And it wasn’t just about the blood. He loved it when women begged him to let them go.

He sobered up again, “Watch your back, Volkov.”

After making that threat, he turned around and walked away.

When he passed, he shouldered his way past the Giant and didn’t even seem apologetic about it.

Jake ignored him and made a beeline for my table. Like a respectful good boy, he stood a few feet away as if asking for permission to sit with me.

“Hey.” I greeted him. Jake was the only guy in the prison who wasn’t at the receiving end of my hostility.

“Hi, Sofia. Can we talk? This is kind of important.”

* * *

MAVERICK

I have never been so intrigued by a woman from another species before, let alone my sworn enemy, a female vampire but the prison did not follow the same rules as the outside world.

Everything was fair game here.

I thought it was a simple attraction at first, just my sexual need was fucking with my head. I’d gone for months since I’d ever had the pleasure to enjoy a woman’s body and I missed that connection. I’d only ever been with Shewolves, and never had the urge to try other female creatures, not until Sofia. As an Alpha, the werewolf community would look down on me if they found out that I hooked up with a vampire.

Sofia seemed like a good way to pass my time. When she’d first arrived in prison, I’d been blinded by lust for her voluptuous curves. She wasn’t very tall and her small stature brought out the protective Alpha in me. I thought she would break as soon as she was thrown in here but she’d proved me wrong time and time again.

She was fierce, and that stubbornness was fun to play with.

Also, I had a hard-on for strong women. I wanted her underneath my body, completely at my mercy and I loved teasing her and enjoyed her reactions. She wouldn’t admit it but she had some kind of hatred towards men.

Now it was sort of my obsession to want her. It wasn’t like I had anything better to do in prison. I just wanted my needs to be met. Food wasn’t hard to get around here, not when you had a reputation for being dangerous.

Sex was the only thing on my mind right now apart from survival, there was the itch that needed to be scratched. Day in and day out, my mind was clouded by dirty thoughts of fucking the female vampire in a dozen different ways. I was not going to walk around with a boner all day.

Female prisoners were almost non-existent here. The Shewolf that came with Sofia hadn’t piqued my interest. She was more like a Tom-boy kinda girl, Danny if I remember her name correctly. Out of my duty as an Alpha and a responsible werewolf I’d asked her to be part of my pack, and told her she was free to sign the Prison Protection program papers with Miles or Harley as her protector but as most Shewolves, she was stubborn and told me she was a solo wolf and didn’t want to be part of any pact. I’d respected her decision.

After the first day, she was transferred to solitary confinement because she’d beaten a guard half to death.

I didn’t blame her. Werewolves had a bit of a temper problem.

“Alpha,” That was Harley, “Do you think the Giant is interested in fucking your Luna?”

I looked up from my food and followed his gaze to find Jake at Sofia’s table. She seemed to be smiling at something he was saying.

“She’s not my Luna, Harley. Stop saying that.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

“Do you want me to find out what they are talking about?” Miles offered.

“I can hear them if I try, Miles, but I’m not going to eavesdrop.”

When I came to this prison, I wasn’t interested in leading a pack because I was more of a lone wolf kinda werewolf. I couldn’t be caught up in making decisions for other wolves but then shit had changed with some unfortunate circumstances. I’d saved Miles and Harley from near death and then the two idiots began following me around a pack was formed before I had time to wonder if it was the right thing to do.

The time that I would get out of the prison, the pack would be disbanded. I don’t know how they were going to take it but they would have to come to terms with the fact that this was going to be temporary. We wouldn’t be the same wolves outside.

“I have to be honest though, she is super sexy. I’ve never been horny for a vampire before,” Miles said.

“Keep it in your pants, Mister. She’s mine.”

Miles’s face went blank. “Of course, Alpha. She’s yours. I—I was just—”

I laughed, “Kidding. You wanna have a go at her? Ask her to sign your name instead of mine?”

He looked between the three of us. “Can I do that? With your permission, of course.”

“Go nuts. I’ve always said I’m a fair guy. Even though I’m your pack leader, we don’t always have to follow the same rules.”

Miles cracked his knuckles, there was confident grin on his face. “Wish me luck, boys.”

* * *

Miles was turned down regardless of how sweet he’d been to the vampire. I guess she had suspected this was some game that I was playing with her and told Miles that “The Alpha needed to grow the fuck up” whatever that meant.

It did nothing but entertain me to listen to poor Miles telling me how she’d given rude answers and told him she didn’t like dogs. She was adamant about not signing the Prison Protection.

Harley and I were doing the yard work when Miles came running from across the field.

His face had gone as white as a sheet. Looking at him, I knew there was something wrong.

“Thought you should know.” He said, “It’s about Sofia.”

For the first time in months, probably even months, my heart began racing. “What happened? Is she okay?”

“She was given cleaning duty in the abandoned section of the prison. I saw Talon and his bloodsucking minions follow her in that direction.”

Fuck.

“That sounds like trouble.”