The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 280

Catherine looked at Rose sound asleep by the front door. She had been seated there for many hours and eventually fell asleep.

Night came upon the kingdom fast yet there wasn’t any sign or news about Zayne. Each passing hour gave something for the pair to worry about.

Catherine worried about when Rose would wake up and realised that Zayne was not home yet. He could be somewhere safe waiting for the weather to get better or there was a chance he was not back yet. Catherine didn’t know which one she wanted it to be. All she wanted was for Zayne to be home where she could see him.

Catherine didn’t want to think the worst to further worry Rose. If Rose started to panic then Catherine couldn’t continue to pretend to be so calm. She would have headed to the palace even in this weather to get any news about Zayne. Gage had to know something, anything for her and Rose to stop worrying.

"Should I wake the lady for dinner and prepare her for bed?" Krystle asked, worried that Rose might make herself sick at this rate. It wasn’t warm by the door as it was in other places of the estate. Zayne missing and Rose becoming sick would not be good.

"Let her sleep a little longer and keep her dinner warm. We should wait a little longer to see if he will arrive. It will be hard to tell her that her husband is not at home yet," said Catherine.

Catherine knew that once Rose woke up the peaceful rest she was getting now would be the last she got until Zayne was standing before them. Catherine couldn’t think of resting before she knew about her son.

"Then, I shall place her food in her room and prepare her bath," said Krystle.

"That will do," Catherine replied.

Catherine was grateful that in the midst of all this worrying Rose had her servants around her to diligently take care of her. The decision for her to stay here had also paid off.

As Krystle left, Catherine looked out the glass next to the front doors. The weather was at least getting better as the hours went on.

"Please," Catherine pleaded, needing her son home. She knew these storms could take lives with them and hoped everyone would be safe this time around.

All the men and women on board the ship with Zayne had families to return to.

"What time is it?" Rose asked as she sat up. "He is not back."

"No," Catherine shook her head. "I’m sorry I don’t have any news for you as well. You should go to bed. You looked uncomfortable sleeping there." ƒгeewёbnovel.com

"I will wait a little longer-"

"Rose, I don’t think he will be coming home tonight. You should get some rest now and in the morning, we should try to find some answers. I can go to the palace and then come back to you. No, you cannot join me," Catherine quickly added before Rose asked. "I have a promise to keep to Zayne which is to keep you out of the palace. You must stay here."

"It is hard to follow when I don’t know where my husband is right now. Has this ever happened?" Rose asked, needing to know if it was normal and if she was just panicking too much. Catherine looked so calm.

"I have never dealt with Zayne coming back during weather like this. He had returned home in the middle of winter so there was the issue of the water starting to freeze too much but he made it home. He has always made it home and now he has you here. We shouldn’t think the worst," said Catherine.

Rose noticed a difference in the tone of Catherine’s voice so she reached forward to touch Catherine’s hand and felt that it was trembling. She wasn’t the only one who was a wreck at the moment. Catherine was shaking.

"I will go to bed and you should too. We’ll get more answers on a new day than tonight. I will only go to bed if you do," Rose proposed.

Catherine was trying to take care of Rose but Rose felt the need to take care of Catherine.

"I suppose I am a little bit tired," Catherine said only to please Rose.

"I do not know if it is acceptable but I have a large bed. If you do not want to sleep alone, you are more than welcome to join me or I can join you. We might not be able to sleep alone but together, at least someone is near. It should calm us a bit," Rose said, afraid of going to bed alone.

The bed had felt empty and now that Zayne has not returned the day he was meant, it would feel emptier.

"It is acceptable for me. Well, I think it is time we eat something and go to bed. We should use my room," Catherine said, squeezing Rose’s hand before she let go. "Oh, if only you were around the other times I was worrying about him returning, I would have been more relaxed."

Catherine stood up and swayed right after. Rose held onto her so she wouldn’t fall.

Catherine laughed. "My feet were asleep all along. I’ll be careful so you don’t need to catch me. We’ll need to find your maid to have our food sent to my room instead. There’s no need to set up the table on a night like this."

An hour later, Rose and Catherine ate and then got dressed for bed.

Rose couldn’t resist going to the window to have one final look outside to try spotting Zayne. When Catherine stepped out of the bathroom, Rose moved away from the window.

Catherine smiled. "It is fine if you want to look out a little longer. I wish the bathroom had a better window for me to see. I will wait on the bed while you look out. Tell me if you see any movement."

"I am done. I am just disappointing myself by not seeing anything," Rose said as she walked to the bed. "Is there something on your mind?"

"I was just thinking that other than my husband and children, you are the first person in a long time that I am sharing a bed with. I wouldn’t have thought it would come at a time like this but it is not so bad. No need to be so tense, Rose. I will not judge the way you sleep," Catherine joked.

Rose laughed with Catherine though that wasn’t why she was so tense. Rose went to the left side of the bed to lie down and stared at the roof. She was far from ready to go to sleep after the nap she had not long ago woke up from.

Catherine was quiet which Rose hoped meant she would be able to go to sleep fast. Catherine needed to rest as Rose could guess that while she was resting Catherine had been awake.

Rose turned to face Catherine after her hand was held again.

"It will be fine," Catherine promised once more. "I hope you do not mind if I hold your hand a little. The sound of the wind isn’t helpful right now."

"I do not," Rose replied as she found some peace in Catherine’s touch.