The barking resumed. Loud and insistent, she didn't even need to get up to know who it belonged to. In the past, she knew that that was a signal that her presence was requested. Perhaps that was one way in which he controlled her? Forced her to rush to him every time he barked? No, she decided. She couldn't imagine he would stoop to such embarrassing lows. Not even for her. When the sound grew louder and threatened to continue, she knew that she wouldn't be able to continue ignoring it. Rodolphus had always been insistent when he desired something.