Theo looked at the baroness with shock; he had never been hit in his whole life by a parent. Not in the previous one, not in this one, which made this very complicated for him.
"You dare say such shallow things?" The baroness spoke with spite and anger in her eyes. It seemed she wasn't able to control herself anymore.
The Head Butler looked at the baron for orders, but the baron just shook his head and looked at the interaction with seriousness.
"What does you being the 9th son have anything to do with not being worthy of our protection, Theo? Who has been filling your head with such disgust? No one would teach you something like this in our family." She said as if she too was in utter shock.
Theo looked at her eyes and when he saw an unbelievable amount of pain in them, he had to avert his gaze. He couldn't look at her head-on.
Clara looked at the situation with panic; she could do nothing to protect Theo as the one who hit him was the head of the Barony itself.
