Dagger said nothing in reply. In the minutes that followed, the room became so quiet, so peaceful, she could have fooled herself into thinking that there was no one else around for miles. It was then, that everything really began to sink in.

Zidane had asked her to marry him. She'd said yes. Of course she'd said yes, but... he'd asked her to marry him and she'd said yes. The reality of it was staggering. Something she'd thought about since she was a little girl, and something she'd been pushed and pushed to do for several years now. She was going to be someone's wife.

"You won't regret this... will you?"