CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
My mouth dropped open. “What the hell are you doing?”
He turned his head slightly to me and gave me a wink. That did little to assuage my fright as the bones rattled. The sound was so loud I felt my eardrums were going to burst. I clapped my hands over my head and watched in terror as more of the skeletons slid out of their not-so-final resting places.
Two dozen wanted my hand in marriage. One of the eager bridegrooms shambled toward us and stretched out his bony hand for me. I shrank back and Will stepped between the bones and me. “Who among you are most worthy for this very worthy maiden’s hand in marriage?”
“I am!” one among them called out as he stepped forward. He wore the tattered remains of a cloak lined with gold inlaid. “Nobody was as noble as my h
