MADELINE’S POV

How could he? How dare he? Madeline sulked, repeatedly asking herself the same questions.

Lord Darius had flared out at her because she had inquired about the well-being of his submissives and how he was denying them their rights.

The way he had yelled, glaring at her with dark hooded eyes, communicated the depth of his anger, and the thought of him hating her that way chilled her.

"But how could he?" She asked herself again, this time speaking the words aloud.

She was ...