@Stoner
He was in a hurry to give her the Dragon heart and thus make her live as long as he does. He literally blackmailed her by tricking her into a promise and then refusing to allow her to take it back without sacrificing her magic.
He figured that as long as her life was prolonged, he'd have time to make it up to her and make her forgive him, eventually, "maybe a couple of centuries of wooing would do the trick" kind of thing...
They're both terrible, really, but personally I find they're well matched.
However, I can't hate the FL because she's literally my personality made into a character, lol.😅
I don't even hate Aiden, because his behaviour makes sense in the context of the story and his character design.
I just hope the writing will be as solid while making them better people, but then again they're currently the bottom of the barrel, so the only way left now, is up. 😒