Chapter 27: Wife In Name Only

At that sharp rebuke, every head turned toward the doorway. People traded glances, each wondering who had the nerve to step in and stop Max at a moment like this. Gabriel followed the voice and saw, framed by the entrance lights, a woman with long, wavy hair in a floor-length evening gown. It was Rosalyn. An elderly man with gray hair stood close at her side. Max's brows furrowed the instant he saw them. The Shadboult family was one of Zerton's most powerful families, and he himself was a disciple...