The Forgotten Princess Rose
Chapter 188

Chapter 188: Chapter 188

"Princess!"

"Have you lost your mind?" Kiara questioned, annoyed by the disturbance. "Who allowed you to come in here without my permission?"

Quinn bowed her head. "Forgive me, princess. The palace is under attack and there are soldiers everywhere. I barely made it here to get you. Your guards are protecting the door."

Kiara frowned, puzzled by this news. What had happened for the palace to be under attack?

"What did those fools do in that meeting?" She asked, knowing it had to be one of her brothers or father to have made the mistake.

"I-I do not know," Quinn stammered, hoping the princess wouldn’t take her anger out on her.

How was she to know what happened inside the room with the king? As soon as Quinn saw men dropping dead and blood decorating the palace floors, she ran to the princess. Why wasn’t that good enough? Why was she still yelled at?

Kiara couldn’t look at the useless maid anymore and moved quickly to get a cloak to hide her head and dress. The men in her family would be the main targets but she couldn’t trust Zayne wouldn’t come after her.

Kiara laughed, amused by how she sent her mother out of the palace right before this danger while she remained here having to escape.

Kiara grabbed a dagger she kept hidden in her room. "Why are you just standing there you useless fool? Will you have me do everything? Why were you the one to come?"

Kiara regretted not having Quinn punished for the trick at the festival. Quinn was utterly useless and it wouldn’t be a great loss if the maid died today. Unfortunately, Kiara needed Quinn for something important. "Get one of the guards to join us."

"Princess, you shouldn’t go out there. It is a bloodbath and from the looks of it, we are outnumbered. It would be best if we stay here for now. Surely your father will come for you. The king and your brothers-"

"You can stay here and die," Kiara interjected, leaving Quinn to go to the opening of a secret tunnel. Waiting here might mean waiting for her death. "Get the guard to escort me."

Quinn didn’t think it was a good idea to leave the room but of course, the princess wouldn’t believe her since she didn’t see the loss outside.

"Why aren’t you here?" Kiara whispered, wishing Alexander was at her side now.

This was the best time for Alexander to protect her and get her out of the palace. She had great plans for the palace but could throw them away to leave with him. She loved him so much to give up everything yet Alexander abandoned her to be with another woman using him.

"No!" Quinn cried, covering her mouth as one of the princess’s guards fell. She was in shock as death up close was far worse than what she had seen before.

"Close the door!" Another guard yelled, snapping Quinn out of her shock.

Quinn closed the door which she wanted to keep closed from the beginning but Kiara was against it. "What should we do now princess? The other maids and guards might be dead."

"You are to help me instead of speaking. Come open this door," Kiara said, making way for Quinn to slide across the ancient door which did not want to work. What was the point of having secret passages if the doors to them were not changed so they could open easily?

Quinn returned to Kiara’s side to open the door. They might survive if they enter in time to hide from the enemy. "I did it," she sighed in relief. "Princess, please go first."

Kiara stepped inside the small space which should lead her to the courtyard where if she was careful she could sneak out to find refuge with one of her father’s friends. "Get dressed as I would and run away. Distract them long enough for me to get out of the palace. Close this door before you do so they cannot suspect a secret passage. Be quick."

Quinn grabbed Kiara’s hand to stop her from leaving. "If I do that, I will be killed. They will mistake me for you."

Kiara peeled Quinn’s hand from her arm. "That is the point. You are a servant of my family. Be fast instead of blabbering."

Kiara pulled the cloak over her head and ran away as the noise outside was getting louder which meant more attackers were near.

Quinn knew not to be surprised because of how the princess had always treated her but for a royal to leave one of their loyal subjects in this situation was wrong. Why did she need to give up her life for the princess when the princess would not do the same?

Quinn had two options. She could do as the princess told her or follow the princess to safety. Like the princess, Quinn wanted to live as well. Nothing the princess could do to her now was worse than what would happen to her if she was caught pretending to be the princess.

Just as Quinn made up her mind to follow the princess, the doors were knocked open and broken to allow the intruders in.

Quinn dropped to her knees since there wasn’t any point in trying to escape. The man meant to wed the princess stood before her. "Please. I have a family waiting for me outside the palace. I am only a palace maid."

Zayne walked around the sobering maid. He had not forgotten her as the one sent to spoil Rose’s dress during the festival. She had only been following orders then just like she might be following orders now.

"You will not be harmed. You will be able to join the other palace workers as long as you don’t try to run out of the palace. She abandoned you. How fitting," Zayne said, entering the secret passage.

There wasn’t any hope among the royals here since they only thought of themselves.

Quinn flinched as the outsiders walked by her to follow where the princess ran off. She had not betrayed the princess since these men came in before she could close the door.

Quinn touched her chest where there was an aching pain. Death was before her but she narrowingly escaped it again. After what she had done to the woman the general walked with, when he entered the room she was certain he would kill her right away but he didn’t.

Quinn covered her face as tears fell. Their enemy had shown her more mercy than the princess she had served for nearly a year.

She heard yelling coming from the passage and knew the princess had to be found already. "Kill her," she whispered, hoping her prayers would be answered now to be freed from Kiara.

Would it be so bad for all the royals to die today if the servants would not be harmed? They had all suffered at the hands of one of the royals in different cruel ways.

"She’ll kill me," Quinn said, knowing Kiara would blame her capture on her. "No," she gripped her dress. She couldn’t put up with the princess’s vicious attacks anymore. "Kill her," she repeated.

The kingdom was better off without the royals.