ENDER I let her go and took a step back. She swallowed, I could see the thoughts running in her head. And I scoffed. She was actually thinking about it. She was actually considering that she could decide to not call me Lord or lower her gaze when she was in my presence. I wonder who gave her that idea. Logan, I guessed. “You really don’t know your place, do you?” I smiled, even when rage was pulsing underneath my skin. She lowered her gaze for a second there, but changed her mind a minute later and turned back to me. “You decided to no longer become a coward, I see.” I nodded my head. She opened her mouth to speak and my rage pulsed. She shut it right back up, but still looked me right in my eyes, like Meredith always did. Daring me. It angered me. And gods, it also excited me. Not ju