The Funny Couple

Alexa controlled the urge to laugh at the absurdity she had just heard. 'Married?! What is the purpose of this bullshit?!' she knew she would have no answers now, and Lady Gwendolyn looked from one to the other, staring at Alexa for a while, and then turning her gray eyes on Klaus,

"And milord...?"

"As I said earlier, Klaus. Von Donnersmarck. From the royal family of the Kingdom of Kielstadt, on the coast of Lower Saxony," he looked away and to the Princess, motioning for Alexa to stand beside him. "Our destination was Normandy, but as you can see, we didn't get there. We can talk about our kingdoms soon if you allow me to see my young wife's needs first. She must be scared that she was almost burned alive…"

Alexa, now beside him, was already a little used to the variations in Klaus' level of sarcasm, but that was an unfamiliar experience.