"You sold us out to save your own ass? Jesus, Zed—" "Not for me, dipshit. For you. They told me that if I took the job, that you and only you would be off limits. The case against you that had been started would be tossed out, and you'd be safe." His eyes implored me to see the truth in his words. That he had whole-heartedly believed he was protecting me. "All I could hear in my head was you telling me that you loved me, Dare. They offered me a chance to protect you not just against the crimes we'd just committed, but against everything we hadn't yet done. I couldn't say no to that."
