Lance's POV
I was happy to avoid my father after he came back, I left to my room, sulking in my library while thinking of Maisie, I didn't know why I even cared or kept thinking of her, but I felt extremely worried for her now father came back, it'll be bad for her, he really hates her and I can't defend her when he is around or sneakily help her, it'll make him more vicious to her and I didn't want him hurting her, it wasn't a nice sight to see.
I still remember how she looked when he beat her as punishment for something he created himself, I remember how frail she was when I went to the punishment room, how she looked almost gone, she would've died if Raul didn't help, I couldn't hate Raul, but I was extremely jealous of him, the way he had it free with her and could associate wi
