Chapter 156: The Guilt

Camden steadied her nerves before beginning, "Well, starting with the most immediate issue, your being feral, he said you shouldn't shift. Obviously, there were also lingering concerns about how you would behave in your human form, hence the handcuffs, but you seem to be okay. You are okay, right? No lingering urges to kill me?" she asked, half joking, half serious. "It's not funny, Cam. I was so dangerously close...." but he trailed off, refusing to complete his sentence. "I'm sorry," she apologized, realising that now wasn't the time for jokes and Clayton was right to be upset. "You're right, that wasn't funny. I guess I'm just trying to make light of it as a coping mechanism or something. I was really scared, Clayton," she murmured, looking at him and trying to make the connection between the man sitting beside her and the beast that was seconds from tearing her apart only hours ago. He nodded, acknowledging her explanation, but had nothing further to say on the matter. "Well, as I