“Shit.” The word was more of a hushed whisper as I closed my eyes. I knew it. I knew he couldn’t help me, but hearing him say it out loud made it so much worse. “So what now?”

“I can only tell you what I know.” He leaned across the table. “Murtagh played you. He’s an asshole, but from what I can ascertain, he’s never laid a hand on anyone like that. He wanted you to act out. He wanted you in jail. The problem is, I don’t know what his plan is. All I know is that he has it in the works to move you tomorrow, after your court date. You’ll not be found a traitor. You’ll not be sent to the execution arena. But other than that, I’ll have to come up with a plan to help you once we find out what game he’s playing.”

“You know? About me?” I couldn’t say more. Not with the cameras rolling.

“Yes. I know everything about your life, Ms. Martinez. Rest assured that I am on your side, regardless of who is footing the bill.”

I tried to stay calm, but it was getting harder by the second. I felt my skin starting to grow warm, but I couldn’t let it glow. I went back to counting my breaths. “Tomorrow I’ll go to court then? Isn’t that fast?”

“Yes. He’s got a game going, and I don’t know what it is. Neither do the people who care about you.” He meant Declan. “We’re trying to avoid something very bad, but we don’t want to lose you either. No matter how this goes, know that there are a number of people watching out for you.”

If they didn’t know what was happening, they didn’t have a real plan. They couldn’t. Having no plan, let alone three or four backups? That went against every instinct I had. “Ice it all to hell.” I had one big question. “My mom?”

“All your known associates have been moved to safe locations. Do you have any other questions that I can answer at this time?” He glanced at the cameras again.

No. I hadn’t forgotten, but I needed to know my mom and Roan were okay. And, yes, I had so many more questions, but I wasn’t sure what I could ask. I didn’t want to put anyone in danger. I didn’t want to fuck this up any more than I already had.

So I shook my head. “No. I don’t have any more questions at this time.”

Jim started talking about paperwork and proceedings that would happen tomorrow, but I didn’t hear a word of it. All I knew was that for some messed up reason, Jason wasn’t going to out me as Aunare. But everything else? That was up in the air.