Ianto actually flinches at that, as if slapped--and it feels that way. He'd been certain he would be in trouble for doing what he did without speaking to her first, and he thought he would have more time...but that she might actually think he was taking advantage of his position...

"You need to figure out whose side you're on here, because if you don't know, you're not going to make it out of this alive."

"No." he replies simply, shock and something very close to horror flickering through his expression. "No, you don't. Not remotely."