"Damn you, Travis… you brought this on yourself!" Emmett gritted his teeth, resolve hardening. "If Rupert can cooperate with them, why can't I? If I secretly ally with him, maybe we can turn the tables and devour them in the end."

His eyes lit up.

Negotiating with a tiger was dangerous, but he wasn't some helpless prey. Maybe not a lion, but at least a leopard.

Suddenly—

A sharp sense of danger surged through him.

His instincts reacted faster than his thoughts. His body dissolved into a gus