The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 281

Rose didn’t feel any better the next day as it was nearing noon yet there wasn’t any sign of Zayne. The weather started to get better but she refused to let Catherine go to the palace alone to speak to Gage. Instead, Rose sent two guards who were willing to send a message to the king.

Rose was back by the front to wait for when the message would return or if Zayne would return before it. Before she had been trying to stay calm and not think of anyone but now she was angry with herself and angry with the king. Zayne shouldn’t have left when he didn’t want to.

"Would you like a cup of water, Lady Hamilton? Miss Catherine is writing a letter to her daughter to see if she is safe," Krystle informed Rose.

"You have offered me plenty of water already. I know you are worried about me but I am not the one who needs your concern. I am fine," Rose promised. She lost count of how many times she told everyone she was well.

Rose was not the one in danger. Zayne and his ship were. Rose would hate to think that after not returning home yesterday, Zayne was somewhere in the kingdom and did not come to her first. He shouldn’t go to the king as she imagined they might fight again.

"Should I pay a passing carriage and go down to the docks?" Krystle suggested, willing to do anything to put Rose at ease.

"That is kind of you but we have already sent someone out. The wind is still a bit high and it looks like there is some rain. You should stay inside. I will soon move to be with Catherine," Rose said as she knew she couldn’t spend all day here.

The estate still needed to be looked after.

Krystle remained by Rose’s side since someone had to make sure the lady was well. She could hardly wait for the day the lady and her husband would be together again. No one should part a couple so in love with each other so soon.

Krystle couldn’t believe a day had come when she was angry with the king for someone she had known for little time.

"There is a carriage," Rose said in relief, getting to her feet to see who it belonged to.

Krystle stepped forward to get a better look at the carriage. "It is one of the king’s carriages. It bears his symbol."

Rose took this as bad news was coming to her. Why else would the king come to her or send someone else when she had already sent a messenger? ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

"Bring Lady Catherine," Rose instructed Krystle.

If it was the king it was best that Catherine came to him since Rose couldn’t promise that her talk with him would go well.

Krystle rushed to find Catherine so Rose wouldn’t receive the news alone.

Rose moved to open the doors and waited for the carriage to stop.

Surprisingly, Gage got out of the carriage with a guard helping him to the front door.

"Where is my husband?" Rose asked, ignoring properly greeting Gage.

"It is good to see you too, Rose. Where is my mother?" Gage asked, looking for Catherine. He wanted to speak to the two of them together.

"She is distracting herself and I believe I asked you about my husband. Where is Zayne? I hope you have come with good news," said Rose.

"We both know I have not left the safety of the palace to bring you good news. I am working on figuring out a way to get him home. This is my brother and I didn’t come here to argue with you. Will you let me in or do I need to stand out here for the wind to blow me away? If anything happens to me, I can’t guarantee the court won’t come to you," said Gage.

There was silence between the two for a moment as Rose only stared at Gage.

"I don’t think I will ever like you as much as I like everyone else. Since I came here you’ve been nothing more than a headache and I don’t know if you’re punishing my husband because I came with him. I have been trying not to hate anyone anymore," Rose said, but she couldn’t hold out anymore.

Rose continued, "You make it hard not to hate you."

"Easy now. He said he wasn’t going until you said yes which means this is on you too-"

"I said yes because you acted desperate to get his help and helping the kingdom is what Zayne loves to do. I don’t want to argue with you. I just want you to find my husband," Rose said, trying to hold her anger for now.

Getting more news about Zayne was more important than arguing with Gage.

Rose turned around to lead Gage inside since Catherine would want to see and speak to him.

Gage followed Rose somewhat impressed with how she was settling in. "You seemed to have gotten used to the kingdom. Well, despite not travelling around it since Zayne wants to keep you here. Do you like that he wants to keep you out of the palace?"

"I’m sorry but I will not be discussing something between my husband and me with you. That is our personal matter and judging from what I have seen so far, you don’t need to question Zayne’s intentions,’ Rose replied.

"I can feel how much you hate me. I didn’t think you had it in you. Just know that this isn’t all my fault. I didn’t call the storm upon the kingdom but I will accept responsibility for pushing him to leave. Anything more than that is not my fault. I cannot have that on my hands," Gage spoke softly.

"Are these your feelings or what the queen told you to say? I am just curious. I need to figure out what kind of person you are as I am sure you are doing with me," Rose said, uncertain if Gage was a good sibling.

He wasn’t trying to kill Zayne but there were qualities he lacked.

"I’m trying to be kind here since you don’t have any idea where your husband is, but you’re starting to annoy me with how casually you speak to me. I am the king, a royal," Gage reminded Rose.

Rose smiled since Gage didn’t have the slightest clue. "I am a Hamilton and you are in my home. I have not disrespected you. If something I said has offended you then I would like for you to point it out. Or is it that you do not see me as a Hamilton and wish for me to speak like everyone else?"

"I think you are too used to speaking to my mother as you like," Gage muttered.

Rose decided to ignore Gage since he didn’t have any reason to feel offended by her, especially when she was holding back.

Rose led Gage to Catherine who was already coming down to meet him thanks to Krystle.

"Where is your brother? Tell me that you have come to tell us good news about Zayne. What is wrong with the two of you?" Catherine asked, noticing there was something off between Rose and Gage. "I hope you were not arguing while I wasn’t around."

"We were not, mother. Not at a time like this and what would I look like arguing with Zayne’s wife? I haven’t gotten sight of his ship yet which makes me think the storm might have affected their way home. Either that or he is still where I sent him. The latter would be good for us," said Gage.

"Is it good that Zayne is still with someone who wants him to marry his daughter? If it is taking longer than usual, can’t that be one of the reasons why?" Rose asked, hoping it wasn’t so. "If he is quite interested in having his daughter marry into the Hamiltons then it wasn’t a good idea to send Zayne."

Gage wanted to speak to his mother alone since Rose shifted the blame to him without saying it. "That is not the reason why. He would not want his daughter to go where Zayne already has a wife unless there was a plot to kill you."

"Gage!" Catherine gasped, tapping Gage on his arm. "Be careful with what you say. She is already worried. The estate was peaceful before you came along so do not ruin it. When are you going to send ships out to search for him? I don’t care how good Zayne’s crew is at finding their way home, I need someone out there to search for him now."

"We’re gathering some crew to go out to find him and others will go to see if he is still meeting with the leader. I will bring him home," Gage promised his mother.

"You better," Catherine warned. There could not be many more days of not knowing where Zayne was. "You ordered him out so bring him back home to his family. Bring him back to the wife he didn’t want to leave."