Chapter 221

DONOVAN

Others might have thought I was cruel, but I wasn’t. Alaric needed to understand that Madeline wouldn’t stay where she wasn’t loved or appreciated. I knew that better than anyone. I had lost her once, granted, the mistakes I made were huge and unforgivable. But now, Madeline wasn’t alone. She had Silas, her father. And he would never let her be mistreated again.

Silas might have liked us,