“What has come over you?” Racheal heard the first lady ask in a puzzled voice. “We are your family.”

“And she is my wife. I have a responsibility to her.” Steffan's deep voice boomed and Racheal could not help shiver.

But she smiled a little.

She had barely known this man for a few days but he was so protective of her.

“A wife we chose for you.” His mother shouted, slamming something that sounded like a table. “Oh, wait. Are you beginning to fall for the girl?”

Racheal ...