The Forgotten Prince Chapter 252

Chapter 252: Chapter 252

"You didn’t need to do this," said Rose.

Zayne threw the cloth he used to clean her back into the bowl of water that was starting to turn cold. "It would have been uncomfortable for you to sleep like that," he answered.

Rose was grateful for him thinking of wiping off what little sweat she had and changing the sheets beneath them. She could save herself from so embarrassnt in the morning.

Rose looked at the jug which was ant to have water to drink if they needed so in the middle of the night. It was empty.

Zayne noticed her looking there. "I will refill it with water and bring so food for you. There might just be so fruits around or they might have left dinner out for us. I’ll be back soon," he said, leaning forward to kiss her goodbye before he stood up.

Rose stayed on the bed, watching as Zayne took the jug. She wanted to join him but she was too tired to move. One day she had to be the one to tidy the room in place of Zayne and perhaps clean him.

She blushed as she thought of Zayne’s interest in the garden. She should have known he was up to sothing when he comnted on wanting to see her lying on a bed of pretty flowers. He was filling her with all these wild thoughts that scared her at first but then she was intrigued.

"What is becoming of ?" Rose whispered. She was slowly changing because of Zayne.

Outside the room, Zayne walked downstairs to the kitchen to get Rose’s water.

Sothing small caught his eye on the table where letters were placed for him to read.

Zayne stopped to look at the letter which carried his brother’s seal. He crumpled up the paper after reading what was written.

Gage was doing the sa crap he always did when Zayne ca ho but this ti he was out of line. The way the letter was written ca off like Gage was having fun calling him to the palace to speak about another trip he needed to take.

Zayne knew his brother would want to use him again and before Rose, he wouldn’t mind going away from ho but it is different now. He couldn’t just up and leave Rose already. He only had his mother to watch over her and there was much she had to know about Rose.

His brother was normally more sensible than this but it just so happened that each ti he ca back with a victory Gage acted like this. Zayne would be kind to stay at ho while his brother went out to fight but as always the court would call it a plot for Gage to go out and die then Zayne would take the throne.

Zayne took the balled-up letter with him to the kitchen to throw away.

It was unavoidable that he had to go to the palace to end Gage’s plans before he started to pull Rose into this.

***

The next day, Zayne arrived at the palace in a foul mood. This wasn’t how he wanted to spend his second day with Rose but luckily, she was busy looking around the estate and the garden again.

"Why was I called to join you today? Each ti you et with your brother early in your return the two of you fight. I don’t want to be the one who has to pick between pulling you off the king or letting you beat him. Please send

back," Finn said, needing Zayne’s order to go ho. "I can keep Rose busy."

"Not after you told her about going to her and leaving ," Zayne replied.

Finn backed away from Zayne. "That was just a joke and she wasn’t your wife then. If you fight the king, I will just turn blind for a few minutes and if you start to lose, I’ll still be blind so you don’t need to be worried about being embarrassed in front of ."

Zayne regretted calling for Finn instead of Liam. It was only due to Finn once spending a lot of ti in the palace as his tutor partner that he brought him along. Finn spoke to Gage more than any of the other soldiers.

’I have a bad feeling about this,’ Finn thought. He expected Zayne to ignore all requests from the palace to co here and stay ho with Rose yet Zayne surprised him by showing up.

"Prince Zayne. The king is busy-"

"Out of the way," Zayne instructed the guards. "The king isn’t busy. He’s hiding like a coward."

"I apologise for this. You won’t get in trouble if you pretend he scared you or pushed you out of the way," Finn advised the guard.

Zayne entered his brother’s private quarters.

"Brother!" Gage greeted Zayne with open arms. "Still barging into places without getting permission first. That hasn’t changed but I’m told your interest in marriage has changed. I want to congratulate you but I am having a hard ti believing you went and got yourself a wife."

"Finn," Gage turned to the smaller man behind his little brother. He dropped his arms since Zayne was not going to return the hug. "Is it true that he found himself a wife? Were you there at the wedding?"

"It’s true and I was, my king. I have never seen the prince happier than he was on his wedding day. His wife is a wonderful and kind woman," Finn answered. He looked down at the floor to avoid locking eyes with the king.

"Is that so?" Gage smiled, facing Zayne again. "I had a good list of won carefully prepared for you and you go off to marry the daughter of a lord from another kingdom. Sothing feels off here and strangely, I am the only one noticing it. Why did you marry this woman?"

"I don’t need to tell you why I did. What you need to know is to find soone else in my place. I am not leaving my wife so soon," Zayne said, not sharing the sa humour as Gage who laughed.

"I don’t have anyone else, Zayne. It can’t be helped that I only have you to send out at this ti. You have a better chance at bringing us all the glory. Don’t you hear how the kingdom chants your na?"

"I don’t give a fuck about your jealousy. I am not leaving my wife so save yourself the trouble and stop sending

letters. Find soone else," Zayne repeated.

"I love you brother, but the way you speak to

at tis gets under my skin. Tell , who was present to see that you consummate the marriage?" Gage inquired.