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A thin smile crossed Hedra’s face as joy soared through her. “You’re in so much fucking trouble now.”
Hedra bolted for the living room entrance, her elation deflating when Camilla lunged across the room and caught her easily. She yanked Hedra’s broken arm behind her back, and Hedra screamed shrilly as agony zig-zagged up her arm, and the pain drove her to her knees.
Boone appeared in the doorway. Orange fur sprouted on his face, and he crouched, growling loudly as his bones popped and cracked, and he started the shift.
Camilla yanked Hedra’s head back by her hair and pressed her claw-tipped fingers against her throat. Hedra sucked in a breath when they pierced her skin, and warm blood slid down her throat.
Camilla growled deep in her throat. “Shift and I’ll kill her, Boone.”
CHAPTER 28
Nothing could have prepared Boone to walk into his own home and smell the scent of his mate’s blood. He froze, his body already beginning to shift and his tiger roaring at the fear and pain in his mate’s voice when Hedra screamed shrilly.
Boone sprinted to the living room, crouching and growling at Camilla as adrenaline and fear rocketed through his veins.
“Shift, and I’ll kill her, Boone,” Camilla said with a deep growl.
Hedra was on her knees with Camilla’s claws at her throat. Fresh fear rolled over Boone and his tiger when he saw the bright red blood sliding down Hedra’s throat.
“Camilla,” Boone said as he pushed his tiger back, and his body returned to human, “what are you doing?”
“I didn’t want it to be this way,” Camilla said, genuine sorrow in her voice. “I really didn’t.”
Boone stared at Hedra. Her face was pale but composed, and he gave her a small smile. “It’ll be okay, little lamb.”
“Don’t,” Camilla said. “Don’t lie to her, Boone. You’re not doing her any favours.”
“You sent the texts, threatening notes, and cow tongue,” Boone said. “It was you who cut the brake lines.”
“It was,” Camilla said. “It was so easy, Boone. Do you know it was harder to find a cow’s tongue than to learn how to cut a person’s brake lines? How fucked up is that?”
“Jesus Christ, Camilla. Why?” Boone asked.
“Because she took you from me!” Camilla snarled.
“She didn’t. I was never yours,” Boone said.
Camilla growled, and Hedra made a soft whimper of pain as more blood dripped out to soak into the front of her t-shirt.
Boone held his hands up and shoved his tiger back when the beast tried to take control. If he shifted now, Camilla would kill his mate. “Camilla, just listen to me, okay?”
“No, it’s your time to listen to me,” Camilla said. “I love you, Boone. I always loved you, even when I left you. Even when I was angry and upset and didn’t understand why I couldn’t be enough for you. Why the memory of Derek was more important than me. It hurt me. But under that hurt, my love for you was still there.”
She smiled at him, her jade eyes glowing softly. “Of course, I told myself I was over you and, you know what? I really thought I’d moved on. I loved you, but I couldn’t be with you, not when your grief over that bastard Derek was the only thing that mattered to you.”
Her smile turned to a look of exasperation. “I understand grieving, but you acted like he was your mate, Boone. I mean, the carrying on and the crying got to be a little much, right?”
Boone stared steadily at her. “He was my mate, Camilla. Derek and I were in love.”
Disgust crept across her face before she sighed loudly. “Stop lying. You think pretending you fucked a guy will change my feelings for you, but it doesn’t. We were together for nine months. I know you. You can’t keep secrets from me. If you were gay, I would have known.”
“It’s the truth,” Boone said.
She shook her head, anger flickering across her features. “Stop it! Right now! Don’t be gross, Boone.”
She took a deep breath, her free hand stroking Hedra’s hair as she studied her claws lightly embedded in Hedra’s throat. “I was angry with you for so long, and when I saw you at Abena’s, I’ll admit that my first thought wasn’t how much I still loved you. My anger and my hurt had buried it deep. But then you… you apologized so sincerely, and the more time we spent together, the more I realized that you really were in a better place. I saw the Boone I was meant to be with.”
His gaze dropped to Hedra, and Camilla growled loudly. “Stop looking at her. I’m your mate, Boone. Not her. Me.”
