A little far away from their cottage, many people were gathered and Hellion could easily see them even from such a distance. They seemed to be gathering around his mother and sisters cottage. What was happening?
Worried and curious, he placed the leather pouch of wine aside and stood up from his spot, dusting his clothes. He spared a last glance at the cottage behind him. Her heartbeat had gone steady and slow which meant she was asleep. Satisfied, he started walking towards the crowd. Upon seeing him approaching, people started parting and gave him a way to walk through.
"Congratulations, Price Hellion." They greeted him and he nodded back with a straight face.
