Peace Offering To The Cursed Prince

The combination of a noble maiden and a man dressed in the guard's uniform. It immediately attracts a lot of attention.

"That is Danny from the Yancey family," someone recognized her.

"Why is she dancing with that?" the second girl asked.

"who knows, Danny is full of drama. Maybe because he is handsome," the person who recognized her said.

"What handsome, she will dirty her hands from dancing with someone like that," the second lady rolled her eyes.

"she is such an embarrassment," the first lady shook her head. It happened that Jane was had left prince William and when she heard these two ladies she decided to join the gossip.

"you do not know?" Jane spoke like someone who knows what the other ladies were still ignorant of.

"Tell us," they both urged. It was natural to be curious about something like this.

"I heard that Danny took a fancy of the young man who won at the king's tournament today. She even urged her father to marry her off to him," Jane said.

"What?" the two ladies were surprised.

"I heard this with my two ears. during the king's tournament I heard the father and daughter conversation with my own ears," Jane shared more information.

"She must be a fool to want to marry a nobody. Now I believe that all Danny has is her pretty face, so stupid," one of the ladies said.

" hmm, I heard she even boasted that her family already has all the wealth. All she wants is a capable man capable of beating her brother, " someone else joined in the gossip.

The dance lasted for five minutes but those minutes were enough to spread the news that the young lady of the Yancey household has been smitten by a commoner. 

This made some people give her parents the pity look. Lady Yancey even had to deal with a few of her friends that tried to advise her. 

"you must talk senses into your daughter," the madam of the Baratheon household told lady Yancey. She felt that the woman has failed in raising her child properly.

Lady Baratheon has been seeking to marry her son to an outstanding lady from a good home. She was the mother of Sammy Baratheon, Rickson was his younger brother from another mother. Now that Rickson has managed to get the princess's hand in marriage, lady Baratheon had her eyes set on Danny. 

She had even discussed her thoughts with her husband and lord Baratheon told her that he already discussed this with lord Yancey but the lord said his daughter was a bit too young for marriage. 

"What can I do?" Lady Yancey gave the women surrounding her a defeated look. "she fought with her brother once and promised to marry a man capable of beating him up. We had thought that she was just throwing a little tantrum so my husband even pats her back and promised to marry her off to the first man capable of beating Joe and taking revenge for her., " Lady Yancey gave the women a helpless look.

She could not tell them the truth. A few of the women felt sorry for her but deep down they felt happy. 

Lady Yancey was the only noblewoman whose husband did not keep mistress or take another wife. They were jealous of her and felt that it was a good thing that her daughter will bring shame to the family name.

Lady Yancey was not the only one feeling the heat from her daughter's behavior. Even lord Yancey was in a very difficult position.

"What is this I hear?" lord Baratheon asked. It was a month since he seek the hand of Danny for his Eldest son.

Lord Yancey gave his friend a helpless look. He also cooked up some stories about her he carelessly promises to allow Danny to marry the first man to beat up Joe.

Lord Baratheon still felt outrange. How could a commoner be compared to his son, who was outstanding with a good family name? 

He would have gone on to push lord Yancey into finding a solution but he knew that the man was bound by his words so he swallowed his disappointment.

"You promise to allow her to marry the man, you did not promise to go easy on him," lord Terry said.

All the lord nodded their head to his wise words. Even lord Yancey nodded his head and pretended to be deep in thought.

"you should demand an outrageous dowry. That way your daughter will not know that you are deliberately making things difficult for him," another lord said.

Robert was also standing nearby but he chose to remain silent. The lords kept giving lord Yancey ways he could stop the marriage and lord Yancey nodded his head like an obedient student.

Richard and Danny fished dancing and stood side by side, it did not take long for them to hear the whispers around. A few noblemen that had eyes for Danny looked at Richard as though they will kill him. 

Richard was not really scared for himself, but he felt pity for Danny. He even mentally scolded himself for not refusing to dance with her. 

He wanted to walk away and hide back in a corner but he could not allow her to stand by herself so he ended up been rooted on the spot. 

When Richard finally heard the gossip that was going around he was beyond surprised about it.

"is it true?" he asked Danny who had remained standing beside him and will not take a step.

"is what true?" Danny formed ignorance. She could guess what he was asking about.

"That you want to marry the first man that wins against your brother?" Richard asked.

Danny felt a bit embarrassed but what could she do but nod her head. Richard was surprised by her answer. He did not know if he should feel embarrassed or happy that he was that man. 

" But I am not qualified to marry a noble lady like you. Moreover what if I already have a lover?" Richard asked.

Danny blink her laches she had not thought about this and felt slightly hurt.

"Do you have a lover?" she decided to ask.

"No," Richard shook his head, well he once took a liking to princess Ellen but she turned out to be his sister.

Danny took a deep breath of relief when she heard his answer. 

"Then will you fulfill my wish," Danny asked giving his full attention to him.

"How can I, you are a lady and I am a servant, how can I take care of you. I am sure I will be unable to pay your dowry much less marry you," Richard replied.

"As long as you are willing, everything will be arranged," Danny replied. Richard was surprised at her statement.

"So are you will?" Danny asked looking at Richard.

A few people were looking at the two of them talking with each other but since they were standing at a distance no one could hear what they were saying. They were a bit curious but no one walked closer since they did not want to be labeled gossip.

"so would you?" Danny asked again when she saw that Richard was just looking at her in a daze.

Richard did not know how to answer her, he did not hate her but he had no special feelings for her. When Danny saw that he was hesitant she immediately put on the pity look.

"if you reject me now you have ruined my future. No other nobleman would be willing to marry me. After all, a commoner did not even want me," as she spoke she lowered her voice and it seem she would be in tears if he rejected her.

Richard was rendered speechless by her behavior. Afraid that anybody watching will misunderstand, he hurriedly agreed. 

" it is fine, as long as your family accepts me I will marry you," Richard immediately answered. He was not afraid. If lord Yancey did not accept him, he would simply blame him.

He could not watch cry if a few words from him can stop those tears. 

"Do you give me your word?" Danny looked at him. She knew it was possible he just said that to get her off his back.

"of course, why would I lie to you," Richard answered.

"if that is the case then you should follow me and greet my father," Danny replied. A smile was now playing on her face.

Richard felt like disappearing not knowing what to say.  He could not reject her but there was no way he would go and greet lord Yancey.

"Let leave it for another, your father must be busy,"  Richard looked for an excuse.

"Do not worry about that my father will be more than happy to meet his future son-in-law," Danny said. Her smile has become so beautiful that Richard felt drawn to her.

When she saw Richard was not ready to take a step, she immediately put in her pity look." you are not already regretting your decisions are you? " she asked in a small voice.

Richard sigh as his head began to hurt. He was at a loss of what to do and say. He did not want to go over to lord Yancey, because he did not know how the Lord will take this.

He also did not want to go back on his words. 

" What if my present displeased him?" he asked.

Danny looked at him with a smile, "my father is a nobleman, I am sure he would not dare insult the man who the king owes a wish,"  Danny answered in confidence

Richard thought about it for a while and decided to go along with her.. He knew the worst that would happen is lord Yancey throwing some harsh words at him.