The Forgotten Princess Rose
Chapter 214

Chapter 214: Chapter 214

Rose eventually returned to save Zayne from her father though he didn’t seem like he needed to be saved. There was something Zayne enjoyed about being threatened by Victor.

After two hours passed, Rose set out with Zayne in his carriage to meet someone. He wouldn’t tell her who and only said it was important.

"I know it might be too much to ask but can you have someone escort Janice here? My parents would do it but with your soldiers walking around, they don’t think it is right to be moving around. I want to see her and let her know that I am well. Then to offer her work with my family," said Rose.

Rose wanted to give Janice the chance to fulfil her dream of making dresses. Janice had been kind to her so Rose wanted to repay her.

"I will have her come with the soldiers I left there. The ones who are guarding the home. They need to bring the things you packed away. With her no longer there, I will sell the home," Zayne said, no longer needing it.

"I will miss the days of working there. It was fun and peaceful. I sometimes wonder if all the girls from the brothel are doing well. We weren’t friends but still," Rose said, finding it in her heart to care about them. "Will you free all slaves?"

"We will as soon as the queen comes to us and we let it be known the king is dead. No one will be made a slave in this kingdom again and if they are, we will kill whoever did it. There will be a lot of changes coming for the good of this kingdom," Zayne revealed.

Like getting rid of the town guards who weren’t of any help to the townspeople.

Rose looked out the window at the land they passed by. All the homes with no one outside as they stayed hidden awaiting news about why the outsiders were all around.

"That is good to hear. Many will be upset that the king has passed and your kingdom is taking over but others will be relieved. Once the changes happen then life will go back to normal. You only need to not hurt anyone innocent," Rose said as then the kingdom would be restless.

"I will not. I will place one of the king’s children on the throne. It should help with calming the people here. When the king’s deeds have been uncovered, there might be a change in crying over his death. We have been searching the palace and found that James was benefitting from the slave trade," Zayne shared.

Rose frowned, disgusted to think that this was her father. It was disappointing the more she knew about him. She couldn’t feel any remorse concerning his death. "Regardless of what anyone thinks, I know the truth. I will try to calm anyone who says you are here to hurt the innocent."

"You do not need to and it is possible you won’t convince anyone even with your story. The king is dead and I have taken this land. There will be more hate spewed and it may take months before they get used to what is to come. You don’t need to do anything. Don’t get further caught up in this," Zayne said, wanting Rose to be safe.

Rose thought she was already too caught up in it considering she loved Zayne. She could only smile and continue to look out the window to see where they were going.

It wasn’t long before Rose spotted a group of Zayne’s soldiers and what appeared to be a woman sitting on a horse.

"Is it one of my half-siblings,’ Rose guessed, remembering Zayne had spoken about them. "Are they nice?"

"I wouldn’t have brought you to her if she wasn’t. You are about to meet the future queen and your sister," Zayne said, opening the door for Rose just as the carriage stopped.

’Queen,’ Rose said in her head. It was something Rose learned would never happen for a woman to take the throne without a husband.

Rose accepted Zayne’s hand he offered to help her out of the carriage.

Rose didn’t know what to think of a sibling from the palace. Meeting Kiara wasn’t the most pleasant but this wasn’t Kiara so Rose did not want to judge when she hadn’t spoken to her sister yet.

Rose enjoyed Anna’s company so if there was a chance to have that with more sisters then she would take it but in secret since she did not want to be known as one of the king’s daughters.

Willow slid off her horse, almost falling since she wasn’t used to getting off a horse. She tried to straighten out the dress she found in the palace. It most likely belonged to Princess Kiara.

Rose found some similarities in Willow with Kiara which meant they both looked more like their father.

"Rose, this is Princess Willow. Princess Willow, this is Princess Rose," Zayne did the introductions.

No matter how it was looked at, Rose was always going to be a princess.

"Princess?" Willow whispered, confused as to how she was staring at a princess. Was this a princess from Zayne’s land or had he found another one of her siblings? "Is she my sister?"

"I am but I don’t want it to be known that I am the king’s daughter. I want to live a simple life. Well, as simple as it could be with him," Rose said, taking hold of Zayne’s hand to show they were together.

"Him? Oh," Willow realised this was the woman Zayne loved. She was more excited for the woman he fell in love with now that she knew it was her half-sister. "I won’t tell anyone. Our other siblings want to live a simple life outside of the palace. It is one thing we all have in common."

"But you will be queen? Your life will not be simple then," Rose said, looking at Zayne. Why was Willow chosen when she didn’t want such a life?

"I decided to take the throne. I want to keep my siblings safe and the only way to do that is by becoming queen. If someone else takes the throne then we may be harmed. I want to protect more like us. We’re bastards but we deserve to live well," said Willow.

She hadn’t asked to be the child of her father whoring around. The queen directed all her anger toward the children and did nothing to the king. Willow understood Lilian’s anger but it didn’t mean she thought what had been done was right.

Zayne let go of Rose’s hand. Something caught his attention and the only way to prove he had not seen wrong was to leave her side. "I will let the two of you talk. I need to speak to my soldiers for a moment."

Rose was puzzled by Zayne taking the group away, leaving just her and Willow alone but she knew he wouldn’t go far to leave her.

Rose turned back to Willow. "Do you mind sitting on the grass with me? There isn’t anywhere else for us to sit unless we go to the carriage."

Willow proceeded to sit down on the grass. "Grass does not bother me. I am not a perfect princess yet since there is a lot I have to learn."

Rose smiled as Willow was like her. She joined in sitting on the grass. "I am like you."