"This is our cellmate," Tank said carefully. "Name's Shuyin."
"I know her name," Mama Bear said. "I know everything about her. Rich family. Murder conviction. Supposed to be dead by now." Her smile was reptilian. "But you three are keeping her alive. I want to know why."
"We don't want murder charges added to our sentences," Blade said. "She dies in our cell, we automatically take the fall. It's simple math."
"Simple," Mama Bear repeated thoughtfully. "Except nothing in Blackwater is ever simple." She pulled out a chair and sat down uninvited. Her fighters remained standing behind her, creating an intimidating wall of muscle.
"Someone paid me good money to put this little princess in the pit," Mama Bear continued, her voice conversational. "Paid extra to make sure she didn't walk out alive. But my girl says she didn't fight back at all. Just curled up and took the beating. Is that true?"
Shuyin met Mama Bear's gaze with her one working eye.
