"Unless some mortal intervenes," Rian says, a little insulted by the implication he might simply accepted. Cossetted by the Seelie Court he may have been, Rian hasn't run out of self-preservation.

"To catch me again from my horse and hold me fast, even as the queen transforms me into all manner of beasts."

He has no mortal ties nor mortal love and so, Rian knows, he will die.