Chapter 294

Mostly feet taller than everyone, Danny could see by the looks on the faces of the anxious elders, his family, and the valley folk that they were not getting their wish today. Danny slowed his pace as he stepped through the crowd toward his father and Elfy. He wondered if he was going to be in trouble for his advances on Maria, the most beautiful woman in the valley, though a widow in his eyes, she was every young man's dream, and how Elfy found out about it. Unless the other girls of the valley eventually spoke up too.

The elder waved recklessly. "Come quickly, lad! Do not dally! Hurry up!"

Danny scrambled the rest of the way up to the dais. He stood by his father. "What is wrong, father?" "Did I do something wrong?"

His father glared at him with a frown. Danny almost dished out an apology. He was about to start sobbing and admit that he had sinned before their lord and that he would never again try to touch a girl before they would marry.