QUOTE : Severin briefly drew away from Elle, only to step in front of her. “Just to iron out the details so I can be sure we both understand—we will be engaged and married. And while it is not likely we will be happy forever after—because I am a prince, and we will be forced to occasionally cavort with ‘polite society,’ which will probably make us both very unhappy—we will experience joy and pain and sadness together and live life as husband and wife?” “You