The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 262

Rose found it easy to ignore all the stares once they started to walk around. Zayne was easily pointed out as the prince because he did nothing to hide his face and his carriage gave it away. She didn’t mind the children running up to him with sticks as their swords and the parents who came to apologise.

Rose knew that Zayne’s soldiers respected him and now she got a glimpse that the people of this kingdom respected him as well.

After speaking to a few children and their parents, the couple was left alone to look around.

"Do you usually travel like this without guards? You can defend yourself but what if you were to be ambushed? You should take at least one guard around with you or is it so safe here that you do not need to worry?" Rose asked.

She was so used to the dangers of back home that she could not be as carefree and relaxed as Zayne was.

"There is some danger here since I am not loved by all but we are safe here. Town guards roam this land frequently so we might come across a few here. I normally travel with Finn and a few others. I will assign you guards for the days you want to travel around. New guards since Mary will be busy," said Zayne.

Rose was a bit disappointed to not have Mary but Mary was a soldier. She could not be once again stuck guarding someone.

"Can we buy as many flowers as we like?" Rose asked, once again distracted by the flowers.

"We can."

"This reminds me of the fields behind the Ambrose’s estate. I want to run through the flowers but I also don’t want to ruin them. We should get a few," Rose said, pulling Zayne toward where she wanted to go.

Zayne had a good feeling they would not be returning home with just a few flowers.

***

In the palace, Catherine sought out the king again but it wasn’t easy to find Gage this time. Instead, she stumbled upon the queen first.

"Lady Catherine," Yvonne curtsied. "He is hiding," she ratted out her husband.

Yvonne didn’t hear of Gage making up for what he did to Zayne so she would work with Catherine to make it right.

"Of course he is. I don’t know how you put up with him. Leave it to me to fix this mess before it grows bigger. He’s about to lose his biggest ally and his jealousy is getting in the way of him seeing it. I have raised those two to be close and this is how they act," Catherine sighed. frёewebnoѵēl.com

At this age, Catherine thought she no longer had to deal with childish behaviour since all her children were old enough to know how to behave.

Yvonne walked with Catherine to find Gage. "He cares for his brother but he has a terrible way of showing it. He does need Zayne and it seems to be unavoidable that Zayne must go. It is terrible timing that Zayne has returned with a wife. This wasn’t intentional on Gage’s part."

"Perhaps but the way he voiced it to Zayne could have been done better. If he must send Zayne out, he must find a way to hold this off for a while. Zayne has just returned and I don’t want him to go back out already. We use him too much and I fear he will completely turn his back on the palace," Catherine shared her fear.

Zayne already started this by living outside of the palace and limiting how much time they got to visit him.

Catherine would prefer he lived in the palace but she already came to terms with him living away and visiting from time to time. What she didn’t want was for Zayne to turn his back on Gage.

"I have tried to convince him but he is stubborn. I have given up so I am grateful you have come. Zayne has been quite helpful to us so I try to be the voice of reason when it comes to matters concerning him. If I could, I would throw out the men in the court finding a reason to criticise him,’ Yvonne said, but she lacked the power to do it.

"Trust me, I have felt the same way but nothing happens. When my husband replaced one fool another would show up. We must stand together so our family doesn’t fall but Gage is the path to separate us. Come, I know where he hides," Catherine said, leading the way.

Gage couldn’t fool his mother. She knew all of his hiding spots. The ones he used as a young boy had not changed.

"Since we are speaking about Zayne, I want to ask something about him. Well, not about him but about his wife. Gage revealed something about her past. I don’t want to say it out loud since I never know who is listening but is it true?" Yvonne asked, hoping that it wasn’t.

As the queen, Yvonne always had to be mindful of who she surrounded herself with but she couldn’t ignore Zayne’s wife.

"Good. Never repeat anything to anyone regardless of what is shared already. To hear it from your mouth would fan the flames. Her past isn’t what we are used to but from what I have seen, she is a remarkable young lady. Zayne picked well and I suggest you do not question him about it," Catherine advised Yvonne.

"I wouldn’t dare question him about her but I was curious what you thought. If word of it gets out, then-"

"The royal family should stand by Zayne and show support. That is the first thing you should think of doing," said Catherine.

"Forgive me. I intended to show my support. About the dinner we will be invited to, should I leave the prince in the palace until I meet Zayne’s wife? It would be late so I think it wouldn’t be good to take him. What do you think I should do?" Yvonne asked, placing it in Catherine’s hands.

"Oh, dear. You will not place this on me to then be able to turn around and say I was all for it. You are the queen and his mother. You must decide what you want to do but I am almost certain the invitation wasn’t going to be sent to children," Catherine replied.

Catherine glanced at Yvonne who seemed lost in thought. "I can guess whatever you are trying to shield your child from but there is none of that here. You have nothing to fear but it is fine if you make your judgement after you have met her. I just urge you not to do something stupid when you do."