"No, no one can do that, can they?" She settled against him again, easier this time, she was getting used to being affectionate with him. "There is the path you have been given, and only luck and hard work to get you through it. Simple as that." Elizabeth sighed wearily.

"Tch, I'll never marry you don't need to worry. He could want to all he liked, it won't happen. I can't stand the thought of any man owning me, deciding my fate. Better to be single and a beggar then married and Queen." She smirked quietly, cynical as ever.