“Love? You think that is a gift from God?” He wanted to laugh so badly, but it was against his character to do so. Instead he sneered.

“I will want to meet this man, and you understand that Father has trusted me with this task? He had someone else picked out for you. A man whose wife died and left him with nearly eight children, he owns a salt mine just by the sea and trust me when I say those men were much closer to your age.”