Racheal had no idea why Steffan respected her decision not to talk about why she had reacted so strongly to what he had just told her.

Maybe it was because he saw how distressed she was,

or because after listening to her talk about her previous interactions with the Dallozs, he had an idea why the news affected her so much,

or still because she finally promised she would get the key for him.

But he did not ask her any further questions.

He simply led her to bed, and tucked ...