He finally proposed to me one night on an elevated, floating piece of land owned by his father, adorned with beautiful and sweet-smelling candles. I knew what time it was the second I saw them, which brought me relief because I was beginning to worry that he would wait until I'm old and weak to propose. Once we're married, I can use the Bond of Matrimony as a source of overwhelming power that can surely kill Countess Lilithorn in a single spell. Magic like that isn't granted to just anyone; no way. The Bond of Matrimony requires the vast energies emitted from a loving heart, the likes of which I no longer have now that I'm filled with hatred for Lilithorn. Other wizards have approached me, but their hearts were filled with the lustful desires for the pleasure that my body can give them, and that's just not good enough. Merlin has something in him that is compatible with the Bond of Matrimony, and I felt that power when he draped his cape around me in an attempt to comfort me. That warmth was like a ray of blessed sunlight cutting through my world of cloudy, stormy skies...