" It’s been months since Friedrich was attacked. Isn’t the danger over by now?” “Not as long as the Colonel courts you, Mademoiselle.” Cinderella sighed. “Sometimes I wonder if your charming Colonel is more trouble than he is worth.” “It will delight him to hear that you called him charming.” Cinderella snorted "

― K.M. Shea , Cinderella and the Colonel (Timeless Fairy Tales, #3)