Madeline’s POV

“What were you thinking, young lady? Do you want your parents to lament due to your insolence?!” Duchess Azalea reprimanded me in my chambers. “How did you get to the alehouse? The drinks are not for little young ladies like you!”

I just bowed my head and did not meet the duchess’s eyes. I tried to appear guilty even if I was not after I went back to the palace and encountered her with a furious expression inside my chambers. I still haven’t seen the count and the ...