"You are to marry her! No buts." His mother, the Queen, scolded at him in his room. Paul hadn't found any maiden to marry after his (cheating) wife's death, so his mother took matters into her own hands.

You were the child of the duke, you were a perfect child. And you had been friends with Paul since you two have met. Many suitors had gone by but you didn't marry any one of them. You had been invited to the Queen's castle.