He didn't know the upper nobility used such informal language as cool. He caught the total and utter conviction in her voice when she called them friends to the end. He smiles and laughs when she calls his step sisters banshees. "I promise you'll see a whole new variety of fun, Lily." He takes the hand closest to to him. "I promise my horrid step family will not come between us. Ever." He had never meant a promise more in his eighteen years.