The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 235

Rose enjoyed the after part of the wedding ceremony. Seeing her family and friends speak to the soldiers who were given the night to relax and have as much fun as they wanted.

Today was not only a celebration for her getting married to Zayne but also for the soldiers to celebrate they would set out for home tomorrow as others would be coming to replace their stations.

Rose had never seen the soldiers so relaxed though they tense up when Zayne looked their way. She had to take Zayne away so his soldiers could properly enjoy the night.

Rose shared her first dance with Zayne and was soon joined by other couples which she didn’t mind.

Zayne offered his hand to Rose, ready to leave the other guests to be alone. "Ready?"

"I am," Rose placed her hand on his.

To be with everyone was lovely but she wanted to be alone with her husband.

Rose knew her cheeks up to her ears had to be red when the soldiers started to cheer. She knew it was for Zayne as everyone knew what happened on wedding nights. If she hadn’t known a few things many other ladies did not, Rose would be confused by their cheers.

Rose waited alone by the front door as Zayne went to get their carriage.

"Rose," Madeline called as she walked to Rose’s side. "I feel like I didn’t have a proper talk with you. I know you will tell me you know all about what will come but still, I want you to remember that if anything feels uncomfortable, make it known. You don’t have to hurt yourself to please anyone."

"I know, mother. Will you be alright with all the soldiers? They are enjoying themselves quite a bit. Most are looking forward to getting back on the ships tomorrow so Zayne wanted them to have a good last night. I hope they don’t get too drunk," Rose said, worried someone might be late getting on the ships.

"I will watch over them. Well, your father will. Now that you are leaving I will take Anna and the others inside to have our little celebration there. It looked like they were just dancing and not doing too much drinking. Don’t worry about them. He’s ready," Madeline said, watching as the carriage came forward.

Madeline walked with Rose down to the carriage. "You two need to be careful on your way there. The town is starting to be a little active again and if anyone sees you two alone, there’s no telling what they would do. Please make it there safe."

"We will. We will return in the morning before we leave," Zayne said and then closed the door after Madeline stepped away.

Rose found it strange to be leaving her mother behind but it was the first of many times. She stuck her hand out the carriage window and waved goodbye for as long as her mother was in sight then faced Zayne.

He sat on the opposite side of her with a smile which didn’t want to go away.

"What?" Rose asked, puzzled by his stare. She looked down at her dress to see if there was something wrong with it but found nothing. "Are you going to tease me for being a bunny again?"

"I wasn’t but since you seem to miss it, I might. You look beautiful, Mrs. Hamilton," Zayne said, admiring her beauty. "You will need to put that dress away carefully as I adore it."

"It is lovely," Rose said, looking down to avoid his gaze.

The carriage was slightly dark because of the hours they had spent celebrating but the one thing Rose could see clearly was how her husband looked at her. Zayne did not try to hide that he loved her appearance.

She was confused at first that he chose to sit on the other side where it was harder to touch her but she understood now that he did it to admire how she looked. He had a better view there.

Rose soon returned to facing Zayne as she knew it was foolish to be shy now when they were married. They had a long night ahead of them where something important was to be done.

Rose prepared herself as she headed to the camp and when they arrived, the presence of the court threw her confidence off. She looked to Zayne for an explanation as to why they were standing outside the gates.

They weren’t invited to the wedding so they came here to speak about it?

The carriage had no choice but to stop as the gates were to be opened to let them in.

"Prince Zayne. Must we remind you that there is a tradition to how this is done? We should have been invited but you stopped us from attending. You have to at least allow us to check that you will consummate your marriage or we will inform the king that a marriage has not happened," said Hugh.

Rose didn’t understand what was said. What did they want to check?

Zayne remained silent. Only a fool would think he would welcome them into the bedroom he now shared with Rose and let them see blood on a sheet. This was just their way to bother him or to test Rose wasn’t taken by other men since living in a brothel.

"Prince Zayne!" Andrew called, refusing to let Zayne do as he wanted. "There is a way for things to be done. We must see with our eyes that this woman is pure. If she does not bleed tonight, then she is not pure."

Rose finally understood what they wanted to do. She didn’t want anyone to enter the room to check that.

"Take the carriage in quickly or I will have your head," Zayne informed the coachman. There was no reason for it to take so long for them to be allowed inside.

"Prince Zayne!"

"Don’t mind them, Rose. No one will do that foolish tradition tonight. It is about time that it ends," said Zayne.

"I see. This will cause another problem for us but I am grateful to not do it. It is something that should be kept private between us. I know they have no way of checking if you are pure but it is unfair what is asked of me," Rose said, relieved.

"There is nothing to check since I won’t touch you tonight. You don’t need to be so nervous, Rose. I am taking you to rest,’ Zayne said, his attention turned to the camp.

Rose didn’t understand why he would not touch her when it was their wedding night. "Why? It is not like you haven’t touched me before. It is our wedding night."

"And the closer it got to night I saw you in your head about this. I know that you are nervous, Rose. You do not need to do what is expected when you are so nervous. I can wait for you when you are ready. I don’t want my bride to try running away from me on the first night," said Zayne.

"I am nervous," Rose admitted. "But I have also looked forward to it. You are my husband and this is something couples do when they love each other. I want to do it because I love you not because it is expected. If I want you to stop, I will tell you and you can tell me the same."

Zayne didn’t need to be told so on his part as there wasn’t any reason for him to tell her to stop. "Very well. Remember what you said now."