The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 224

Lilian had harmed and killed many yet she didn’t seem happy. What was the point of all the evil deeds she had done? Was her love for James worth turning herself into a monster?

Then again, Madeline didn’t know Lilian before she entered the palace.

"Do not speak on my children," Lilian said in a low tone.

"I am speaking about you and if I want to mention your children, I can after what you did to mine. You took her from me after I had made it clear that I had no interest in the palace. I am happily married to a man who loves me so why bother me?" Madeline asked though she knew the answer already.

It was all from the fear that James would bring her back to the palace and find a way to make her sit beside Lilian. Madeline would rather die before she was brought back here to be James’s woman. There was nothing in this world that could make her think of loving James again after she saw the real him.

Lilian knew that Madeline didn’t want to return but she couldn’t say the same for her husband. If given the chance, James would kill Victor and try to ease his way back into Madeline’s life.

Lilian didn’t want to share how much James still loved Madeline to feed her ego. She could never understand it. Madeline came from a family drowning in debt while Lilian had come from a family with wealth. It benefited James to marry Lilian yet he could never let go of Madeline.

"You took me. You ordered those men to snatch me away from my mother over jealousy," Rose spoke up.

She was innocent in all of this.

Lilian was a different kind of monster to go after a child when her problem was with the mother. Rose also saw her mother as innocent in all of this. Her mother didn’t love her father anymore and left. Why wasn’t that enough?

Rose was reminded of Kiara. Would Kiara’s jealousy have come to this eventually?

"You wanted me dead but that didn’t happen. It doesn’t make any sense why you would take me and keep me alive for someone to recognise after you showed your face to me. You were there at some point with your hands well-decorated with rings," Rose said, looking at Lilian’s hands.

Lilian’s hands were only dressed with two rings. One was her wedding ring and the other a simple ring. She couldn’t be too dressed up considering she was a prisoner.

"I ended up in a terrible place because of your jealousy. That very jealousy rubbed off on your daughter," said Rose.

Rose wouldn’t put all the blame for Kiara’s ways on Lilian but Kiara learned something from her mother.

Rose didn’t feel how she thought she would face the person behind her misfortunes. She was angry but not as angry as she expected to be. She didn’t know what to make of Lilian. Rose was in a happy place so she did not want to welcome hate into her heart to waste her precious time.

Rose finally had the answer to the person behind her cruel life and had nothing more to say to Lilian. Rose didn’t want an apology since it wouldn’t be genuine. Whatever happened to Lilian from this point on was deserved.

"I am ready to go," Rose said, letting go of her mother’s hand to walk to the door.

Madeline followed Rose out. She was quite close to reaching for Zayne’s sword to end Lilian but she held back. She was never a killer and wouldn’t become one for Lilian. Knowing Rose’s siblings would deal with Lilian was enough for her.

Zayne was left in the room with Llilan. "They don’t want more answers but I want to know everyone involved."

"I don’t know where they are and as you can see, I was tricked since she is still alive. I want to see my children," Lilian said, needing to see if it was true that they were all dead. Where did this bastard lay her children?

Zayne leaned on the wall behind him. "I can move them so no one will ever be able to visit and place a single flower for them. That decides whether you want to speak or if you will continue this game of saying nothing."

"I’m a bastard, remember? I already gave them a proper send-off. I owe nothing else to you or your children," said Zayne.

"I don’t know who those lowlives were. They were just common people my maid found to get the job done for me. I had her killed so the secret wouldn’t get out and my father killed those men. You won’t find any of them now. The one-piece I missed was her," Lilian said, regretting she had not asked them to show the body.

For eight years Lilian enjoyed knowing that Madeline was searching for a child who was long dead. Some of her anger went away knowing she had hurt Madeline but that child became the reason her family had fallen.

Lilian walked toward one of the chairs in the room. She was focused on the family she lost more than anything. "I will not apologise. I did what I did because I wanted to. I would do it all over again if I could."

"I’m certain you would, which is why you won’t get the chance to. You’ll spend your last days here in the palace you killed to be in. If you ask nicely, I might have someone place your husband’s body in the room with you so you can be together forever. I have not given him a proper send-off," Zayne revealed.

James had more fault in the downfall of this kingdom than his children so Zayne wouldn’t offer any kindness to the former king. Had James been a more respected king who happened to lose the battle, there would have been some respect for his death where he was buried like a king should be.

Lilian shook her head. "I don’t want that-"

"Good. Then I will do it. Don’t look so surprised that I am not listening to what you want. You’re not in a position to be treated well. I was going to kill the person behind Rose’s disappearance but I am leaving you as a gift to the future queen. Her mother and other siblings are dead, right?" Zayne asked, knowing it was unlikely Lilian spared anyone.

"You will be at the mercy of the new queen. We will turn a blind eye to how she seeks to treat you. It is rare many times for the victim to get revenge on those who hurt them. Take off your dress and the crown on your head. Get changed into what is there," Zayne pointed to the dress picked out by Willow.

Zayne moved from the wall, heading toward the door to leave since he did not want to see Lilian get undressed. "You are no longer the queen of this land."