Page 47 of Shattered Pieces

“I said, get the fuck out, Bryant,” I snapped, shutting the door again and pressing my back against it.

“Donovan? Don’t go out to the yard today,” she said, sounding like she was right against the door. “Trust me.”

“Why not?”

“Just don’t,” she answered before walking away, the tears vanishing to make way for worry.

Was she warning me against an attack? What did she know?

It must have been bad if she was giving me a heads-up.

Despite wanting to know what was happening, I took her words seriously and avoided the yard. I was dying for a cigarette, but I wasn’t going to risk it.

I was doing some school work when an alarm sounded, and I scrambled to my feet to yank open the door, relieved to find Tilly and Jamie sitting on the couch. At least they were okay.

“The fuck is that for?” I asked as the alarm continued, and Tilly winced.

“The panic alarm. It usually means someone’s hurt pretty bad. We’ll be locked in here all damn day if that’s the case.”

Lexi and Kat appeared out of Kat’s cell, and Lexi glanced at me before moving towards her room to stand beside the door. We all did the same, standing in place when the guards arrived to do a head count before locking us in to go and find Faith, and I made a beeline for Lexi.

“What do you know?” I whisper-yelled, and she gave me a dirty look.

“Nothing.”

“Something happened in the yard, right? You told me not to go out there today, so you knew something was going down.”

“I heard there was going to be trouble, that’s all,” she argued, and I scowled.

“Why can’t you tell me? I’m not going to rat about it.”

“For fuck’s sake, Donovan. Don’t even tell anyone I warned you, got that?” she hissed, making me frown.

I could hear yelling as someone was dragged past, nausea hitting me when I looked over to see them covered in blood as they fought three guards to try and break free.

Maybe I hadn’t been the target after all?

Guards were rushing around on their radios talking about CPR not working, and Lexi’s face was emotionless when they finally dragged a gurney past, a body hidden under a sheet. My eyes flicked back to Lexi when I noticed the rose tattoo on the girl’s hand that was poking out, but Lexi just stared back at me blankly before walking back into her room.

It was Faith.

Was Lexi trying to hide that she was upset, or had she had something to do with it? She knew something was going down, so was it set up by her?

I really needed to watch myself around her, she was more dangerous than I thought.

Kat gave me a dirty look before joining Lexi, and I took that as my cue to head back to my room now that the alarm had stopped.

Visitation was canceled for the rest of the week, meaning Marco couldn’t come and see me on Friday. I wasn’t sure why that upset me so much, I couldn’t stand that asshole, but there was a strange sense of comfort in seeing him.

I’d had no idea if he was bringing Hunter or Tyler with him, but knowing I wasn’t seeing anyone else this week sucked.

Apparently, murders in a prison shut everything down.

Guards were on edge, more patrolling the yard than usual, and they watched us like a hawk when we ate or showered.

It was Sunday night when things went to absolute shit again.

Everyone was in the shower block, but I decided to head straight to bed from dinner and skipped it since I’d showered in the morning.