Except this isn't a couple that's still waffling about unsure of whether or not they actually like each other and need somebody on the outside to come in and make them realize it. They're already married and deeply in love. Their relationship is already at its peak and the only kind of...
"There's always a chance you could lash out if cornered"
You're the one cornering her, you dumbass prince. Why do these stories always have a guy who just cannot take the hint.
Those sudden scene shifts are a little disorienting, i gotta say.
"Oh no I cut my finger and one of those magic stones absorbed itself into the wound, what does that mean? Anyway I started practicing with the crossbow..."
I really don't understand the almost universal desire to provide tragic backstories for the people that are against the MC. They almost never make people care about these characters like the writers think they will.