Almeric will spend his entire life wondering if he can ever hope to control Kaylynn, and regretting that he didn't pursue Karrie. He rushes to propose to Kaylynn before she can devise a plan to put him off. He prays that she will have some respect for the sanctity of marriage and obey her vows and stay faithful to him. But he highly doubts it.

Kaylynn only sees marriage as a meal ticket and not a way of life. She can't help how she feels, it's all due to her upbringing. Unwanted and unloved, she was dumped in the orphanage and always sees herself as unwanted and unloved ... unless she is in someone's arms. And she really doesn't care whose, the more the merrier.