Reyna smiled. "Good. Because Boone's already planning what he's gonna do to your ex if he's ever stupid enough to show up here."
Ivy's stomach clenched. "He told you?"
"He told everyone." Carmen's expression softened. She squeezed Ivy's hand once before letting go. "This morning, before he went out to the fence line, he came down to the main house and told Rosa everything."
"I don't want him to get in trouble—"
"He won't. We're good at what we do." Sofia leaned forward, her elbows on the table. "But you need to understand something. Once a Granger man claims a woman, he's hers completely. Body, heart, soul. Boone would throw himself in front of a bullet for you. He'd kill for you if you asked it of him. That's just how we are."
"That's terrifying."
"That's love," Reyna said. She pick
