The Forgotten Princess Rose
Chapter 195

Chapter 195: Chapter 195

"I need to have a word with your father and I will find out what is occurring in the palace. Once it is safe, I will take you from here. We can all consider it a wonderful break from the manor. Anna will be excited to be near the palace though it might not be pretty now," Madeline said as she stood up. "Do you want to join me?"

Rose closed the book she had long ignored. She stood up to join her mother in hearing about the palace. Knowing whether Zayne was safe was more important than thinking about this town gossiping.

Madeline and Rose walked together to where Victor spoke with his guards.

"Victor," Madeline called to her husband. "It has gotten out."

"It has reached me. I am tracking down the person who shared it. I did not tell the town guards about it. It was only my family to know and if it was one of them or a servant, I will get to the bottom of it," Victor promised.

"I don’t want to fix it. It is true what they are saying. I know some will twist it but it can’t be helped. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life fighting to keep this secret. I would like to know about the palace. Is Zayne well?" Rose asked, nervous.

Victor didn’t want the matter to be let go since someone close to them might have shared something that was to be kept a secret. They couldn’t keep someone like that around as they had a bigger secret which needed to be kept in the family.

Victor sighed, deciding to respect Rose’s wish for now. "You came just in time. I received word from an ally in the palace. The outsiders took it over and the king is dead but it has not been announced. The princes are dead and only the princess remains."

Madeline frowned, confused as to why the princes were also killed. "He killed the heirs? I thought he was only going for James."

"From what was written, there doesn’t seem to be much anger over the death of the princes. We have not been to the palace to know what the princes are like. There might have been a good reason why they were killed. We will find out after," said Victor, waiting on further news before he judged Zayne’s decision.

If the princes were like their father, Victor would have also killed them.

"There will be a lot of panic and fear with many moving to get away from being so near the palace. Something like this will make some do dangerous things since they think we might all die. Once the king’s death is revealed, we should all stay within the gates," Madeline proposed, wary of how others will behave.

Victor glanced at Rose who seemed to be relieved. His ally was now revealed to Zayne and it was evident that Zayne was preparing to take Rose to where he was now. Victor was still deciding on whether this was a good time.

Victor could think of many who would be so bold or foolish to attack Zayne to avenge James. He didn’t want Rose in the middle of it and he certainly didn’t want Rose to be seen as Zayne’s weakness to be attacked in place of him.

"It won’t be long before he sends someone for you," Victor revealed, not wanting to keep the secret from Rose. "He has the palace under his control and it won’t be long before his soldiers are spread out across the kingdom to prevent any attacks from those once loyal to the king."

"You do not seem excited about this," Rose noted. She heard it in Victor’s voice.

"Your safety will always be my concern. If he has full control of the town, we may go to my home there but I don’t want you in the palace and you should meet him secretly. Only until he announces what his plans for the kingdom are. This fight isn’t over yet," said Victor.

Though James wasn’t a perfect king, he was still the king. Zayne had to kill those loyal to James right now.

"I see. To see him in secret is better than not seeing him. Please tell me as soon as we can go there,’ Rose requested, eager to see Zayne again.

Rose wished that with the king’s death, the fight was over and they could all go back to their normal life. She awaited news of many taken from their homes or sold by someone they knew to be freed. It was long overdue for slaves to be no more and for all involved in keeping the dirty business alive to pay.

"I will make arrangements as soon as I get a response about how safe it is for us to go there. The timing is good to get you away from what is said now. The king’s death will wipe away all talk about you. I will instruct the butler to warn the maids not to speak of it. Regardless of where you have been, you are an Ambrose so they are to hold their tongues," said Victor.

The town could gossip all it wanted but it had to be ready for his response to those who sought to hurt Rose whether physically or with words. As a lord, it wouldn’t be hard for him to ruin those who spoke too much.

"I will leave it to you. Who will be the one to tell Anna? She is seeing many suitors and it appears as though she has her mind set on one. To move would disturb her life and I have been thinking I want to tell Anna the truth about the king," Rose revealed, knowing it was wrong to keep Anna in the dark.

"We all know why we should stay away from the palace but she does not. I don’t want to keep it from her. I trust Anna will not tell anyone. I am willing to tell her of wanting to leave to be closer to Zayne and if she doesn’t want to go, I understand," Rose said, placing herself in Anna’s shoes.

It wasn’t fair to pull Anna away from her suitors just for Rose to be with Zayne. If Anna did not want to go Rose would stay until Zayne no longer needed to be in the palace.

Rose thought of a plan should Anna be upset. "I once lived among the soldiers. If Anna doesn’t want to go and you cannot leave her side, I will go to the camp again. I am enjoying my time with you but I am worried about him and wish to see him."

Madeline didn’t want Rose back at the camp nor did she want her family to be split right now. They needed to stick together. "I’m sure we can work something out with Anna. She will be understanding. You should go pack so you are ready to leave when we get a response. You will see him soon."

Rose smiled, turning away from her parents to return to her room. She had waited patiently but now she was at her limit. Rose was eager to let Zayne know of her newfound feelings and how much she had missed him.

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