His Uncrowned Queen

Chapter 16

My eyes jerked up to Dominique. It was seconds before I could force myself to speak. From anger to… worry. The shift happened so quickly it unsettled me.

Had I thought I knew what I was doing? Had I wanted Penelope to suffer?

Living with a man like Allen Taylor was torture for her. But I had known that, and moments ago it still hadn’t felt like enough punishment for the embarrassment she caused me. With the heaviness in my gut, I was starting to see I might have made a mistake. Allen wasn’t me. He wasn’t… controlled.

What if he had gone too far? What if he—

“I want to know everything. You get back to your contact and find me answers. If the family is truly missing, I want them found. Now.”