The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 29

"It is kind of you to say but no one gets punished in this town. The town guards ignore everything and it is pointless to speak to the king. I don’t want revenge. I only want a chance to enjoy my life doing things that I want to," said Rose.

Rose didn’t have the time to turn her attention to getting back at Mathias for what he was doing now. She was to focus on getting her freedom. If karma did exist, Rose was leaving it to that for Mathias to regret his actions and for Graham to be treated as he treated others.

Rose didn’t want to ruin herself by stooping low to others’ ways. Too much of her life had gone by in a place she did not want to be to turn around now when she had freedom and focus on Mathias. It wasn’t guaranteed that she would feel satisfied after getting revenge.

"After all of this, you are too kind. I could not let his actions go easily," Zayne pointed out the difference between them. Every living thing in this kingdom would know of Mathias’s awful deed if it were up to Zayne.

While many would not care about what had happened to Rose, they loved to talk and ruin others.

"The market is filled with soldiers. I cannot think of getting revenge on anyone right now. I am worried that you might be caught with me," Rose said, looking down at the floor where she thought she should sit.

Though the soldiers had a description of her it could be a few other women who looked like her so unless Mathias identified her, she wasn’t going to be caught, but she was thinking of not getting Zayne in trouble.

"Do you still care for him?" Zayne asked as he could see her still having room in her heart for the old friend.

"Strangely, I care for the boy I once knew, but I hate the man that I see now. They feel like two people to me," Rose answered honestly.

When she thought of her friend, a younger Mathias came to mind. Rose didn’t care for the stranger that she saw recently. She couldn’t be a fool to care for him.

Rose smiled as she thought about what Zayne said. "I do come with a lot of trouble."

"I like the fact that you know. It is still my decision to help you so do not feel like you are burdening me. I could have turned a blind eye to your troubles."

"Why didn’t you?" Rose asked as she had witnessed many easily turn away. Zayne was more than a stranger so he was one of the last people she would have considered having any interest in helping her.

"Who knows?" Zayne replied, not having the answer himself. "Maybe it was because of how scared you looked the night you bumped into me or that I admire your will to get away. I don’t have an exact answer yet."

"Could it be that you wish to upset Graham because you don’t like him?" Rose asked.

"That too. I applaud you for enduring such a man all these years. You are deserving of many riches or a medal. I found myself wanting to kill him after just a few sit-downs with me. He was in luck that your wanting to set fire caught my attention," Zayne revealed.

The fire had saved Graham’s life. Zayne walked away from Graham’s offer to give him a man to sleep with to calm his urge to strangle Graham until he stopped breathing. Rose had distracted him.

Rose smiled but it slowly fell as she realised that Zayne might have tried to kill Graham. "You-"

"The less you know, the better for you. Get some rest, Rose."

Rose wanted to ask her question but had a feeling she would not get an answer. She could not regret the fire since she didn’t know Graham had one foot stepping through death’s doors. Rose smiled once more, happy to know that the guest Graham was so happy to have wanted to kill him.

If only she could receive news about his death.

Rose opened her map to try following how to get to the home Zayne owned. Should she ever need to run from there, she needed to know how to make it to the church she wanted to go to.

She pressed her face to the window to get a good look at the home they were approaching. It was smaller than the camp where all of Zayne’s soldiers were but still big to Rose. "There really isn’t anyone here?"

"Just two guards to stop anyone from stealing what I have inside but they won’t leave the gates to go inside. It will only be you here to take care of my home. Clean the hours you want and use the rest of the time to do whatever you please. We will need to figure out something about your food," Zayne realised. "Can you cook?"

Rose shook her head. "There are workers meant for the kitchen. I am sure I can learn quickly. Do you not just throw everything in a pot? No?" She asked as Zayne gave her a strange look. "I can stay with some vegetables and fruit. I have some already."

"You need meat, Rose. You aren’t too small but you need to gain some weight. Someone must cook but I do not want you playing with fire in my home. We both know how that ends. Do not glare at me," Zayne said, looking away to hide his smile as she didn’t look threatening.

Seeing Rose upset gave him a good look at how a bunny would look if upset.

Rose wished he would stop remembering her about the fire. He had joined in doing it. "I do not play with fire."

"I should hope so. Allow me," Zayne said, opening the door as the carriage stopped. "Must we do this again, Rose?"

"Sorry," Rose apologised for not moving. It wasn’t easy to suddenly be used to someone serving her instead of the other way. She would like to see the land Zayne came from to know if this was normal.

Zayne exited the carriage behind Rose and thought of hiring someone to do the cooking so he wouldn’t return to this home in flames.

Rose looked up at the large home. To think she would be alone here to take care of it in peace. It certainly was a good offer for her to hide here. Her only concern would be trusting that the two guards remained by the gates.

Zayne opened the front door for Rose, letting her go first to explore. Once more he saw how her eyes lit up since there was much for her to see. Many of the things here she couldn’t see anywhere else in town because he had brought them from home.

Rose wanted to run around to see what was inside all the rooms, but she knew it would be rude to leave her employer. There were a few things she knew she could check off from her list just from being here.

She turned to Zayne, ready to hear more of what she needed to do or what the rules were.

Zayne was puzzled by Rose just staring at him. There was a bit of eagerness on his end to see her explore, but she was disappointing him by staying still. "What is it?"

"I must know the rules," said Rose.