“Why don’t you just f**k off, Colt?” growled Aislin. I opened my mouth to protest, glancing at Billie, who I thought was most likely to understand how very little I wanted to be involved in this. She just huffed and shook her head, disappointed in me. For a minute, I lingered wordlessly, then let my shoulders sink. I wanted badly to apologize for everything, to appeal to them and promise that I didn’t want any of this to happen. I wanted to search for a solution and help them escape. But with the two dragon shifter guards breathing down my neck, there was nothing I could do or say that wouldn’t immediately incriminate me. So without saying anything, I turned away. They probably burned with the satisfaction of thinking they were right about me—that I was every bit as despicable as t

