[Honey]

The ceremony proved just as long as one would have expected, though under the eyes and speculation of everyone seated in the church made it seem so much longer. Though his eyes had noticed the brief but ever present smile that graced the prince’s lips as he stepped to join him by the altar, he couldn’t bring himself to return it. Surely this should have been a rather important day of his life, after all one only gets married once- even if for the simple task of bringing his parent's land peace. Still, the entirety of his and his parent’s life rested on his back to make this marriage work. Allowing the prince to take his hand and slip the heavy iron band to his fourth finger, he brought himself to return the favor before the monk declared the two of them as married. Lowering his gaze to look at the hand that held his own his lips worked their way into a bloodless line before he schooled it into something more appropriate. Now came the hard part