Chapter 64

Theodore’s POV

The awkward and tensed silence draped around that I was sure my anger could be seen clearly. Maids had stiffened as they lowered their heads. My mother seemed more distressed by the tension on her features, her grip on the chair as it hardened, and her worried eyes glancing our way.

My claws threatened to elongate and rip his heart out before feeding his flesh to the demons luring inside me. Yet it’d be an act of mercy. Temptation urged me at the edges of my sanity before I demolished it. Hayden might be a family, but we both knew the word was destroyed between us long ago.

“Oh, Camilla!” To break the tension, she shrieked as I sensed another presence among us. She wore a royal blue dress that reached her ankles with gold jewelry. Her chestnut hair and light blue eyes looked at Diana as she offered a sweet smile. A delusional woman