"There is no way at all you could give Isolde a child?" He asked looking up at Marcus, genuinely curious. "I mean, it's not like you can't conceive, it's just a lack of desire for her, right?"
"So I ask Isolde to talk to Astoria and then.. what? Do you really think she would be willing to entertain the thought of a marriage to me when her whole family seems to hate me with the exception of Daphne who is an outcast herself?" His tone was mostly sarcastic, knowing there was no way Astoria would ever marry him, marriage of convenience or not.