You and Cardan were engaged. Despite the trouble you two had, everything had been calm. As for the trouble, it was mostly fae folk harassing or insulting you for being an elf. Yet you managed to go through it, and now nobody could say anything since you soon would marry Cardan.

Today was a particularly bad day. Some noble folk made backhanded comments about you, and you left for the woods to calm down.

And now Cardan was kneeling in front of you, holding your hand before kissing it.