" But Lucius was staring at the beamed ceiling of the barn, pacing around, hands clasped behind
his back, muttering to himself. "This is not going well. Not going well at all. I advised the Elders
that you should have been summoned back to Romania years ago, that you would never be a
suitable bride . . ."

Whoa, there. "Bride? "

― Beth Fantaskey , Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Jessica, #1)