Sienna’s POV
It wasn’t that Ian wanted to ruin this for us; it was more that he wasn’t paying attention. I knew acting like a servant was going to be difficult for him, but maybe I didn’t fully understand just how difficult.
Since he thought himself on an entirely different plane above all servants, it was as if he couldn’t even see that this head servant was threatening us. In his daily life, he would probably never see her as a threat.
Someone had to do something, or this whole thing would be over before it began. Claire’s eyes spoke of violence. Ruth wasn’t looking at Ian at all.
That left it to me. I quickly spoke up, “Please forgive him, ma’am. He recently suffered a loss in his family and he’s had moments like these. It’s the grief…”
Grabbing Ian’s arm, I tugged gently, so that
