The Forgotten Princess Rose

Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Chapter 49Zayne closed the door behind him.

"Have you heard any news about the soldiers

"I don’t think I am," Rose muttered. She was still too fidgety over the smallest things.

Her mind was her worst enemy right now as her thoughts had her wanting to back into a corner when she started to get too close to someone.

"I speak of what I see. Come with me," Zayne said, reaching for her hand but he stopped just before he could touch her. "Have the guards caught more of your bunny friends?"

"I do not know what they have caught. They have been speaking to Janice since she prepared their meals. And the bunnies are not my friends. I don’t like it when you refer to me as a bunny," said Rose.

"I know which is why I continue to do it," Zayne replied. "I will stop when your reactions become boring."

Rose planned to not give him the reaction he wanted so he could stop. "I wasn’t snooping around. When I moved the crates, there were papers with strange writing. It didn’t look like any word I had ever seen. What is it?"

Zayne couldn’t think of what paper she had seen as he had many. "It might be another language. I came across merchants on my way here and bought a few things."

"Another language?" Rose repeated, not understanding this language. "It looked like this," she said, drawing one of the words she saw in the air.

"I could be wrong but you might have come across the music sheets I bought. They are a gift for my sister. Do you want to learn music?" Zayne inquired, wanting to see her dance.

"Music? I have no use for it," Rose replied, less excited now that it wasn’t another language. What was she to do with music?

"You can one day learn to play an instrument and grow an interest in different songs. It would be helpful should you ever attend a ball or a simple party."

Rose could only smile as Zayne forgot who he was speaking to. She didn’t have the same luxuries as he did. "I don’t have time for music or parties. Servants like me are not invited to parties to dance. We are to work. Though many women in the brothel have danced in ways that would make one blush. I am fine without music."

"What if I were to invite you to a party? Would you not be thrilled to know some of the music then?" Zayne asked.

Rose stopped following Zayne as she could not believe him. "You would be crazy to invite me to a party. Do you have any idea how everyone would laugh at you if they knew where I came from?"

"You must learn quickly, Rose. I don’t care about the opinions of others."