The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 240

Close to noon, Rose had already returned to her family and said goodbye to Charlotte as well as Janice.

There was little time left in this kingdom so they headed to the docks where many of Zayne’s ships had already started to set sail for home as others came in to replace Zayne’s group.

Rose had much to look around at the dock. It was her first time here so she had to take in everything. It was nosy with many wooden barrels and boxes carried around as well as a terrible stench of fish as fishermen returned with their catches.

The docks were more lively than the town as the fisherman did not want to take many days off from getting their catches.

Rose had to be careful not to let her dress touch the fish carried around and take the smell onto the ship but with Zayne near her, there weren’t many bold to approach her. She was still walking with the enemy in the townspeople’s eyes.

Once Willow was officially declared queen and addressed the kingdom, Rose was positive it would get better as the two kingdoms merged.

"Rose, a gift from your siblings," Madeline said, offering Rose a box she kept hidden for this moment.

Rose turned to her mother to see the gift prepared by Willow and the others.

"She gave it to me during the wedding when you were with Zayne. They would be here but you know that queen must be well protected at this time. I will look after her until she feels comfortable in the palace. Anna has found herself as one of the queen’s ladies which she enjoys," said Madeline.

Rose took the gift from her mother. One of her regrets was not seeing her other siblings. They were still too afraid to show themselves and a little afraid of Zayne’s soldiers so they could not attend the wedding.

"I have already told her but please remind Willow I will write many letters to her and you. I will be back in a month. Zayne has promised me that we will be back to celebrate your birthday. I only need to hope the king doesn’t plan to send him somewhere. I will do my best to return soon," Rose promised.

"The letters will suffice for now. I don’t like thinking of you out at sea so much. I know how busy it can be to settle into a new life as a wife so I won’t mind if you won’t be here for my birthday. All I want is for you to be safe out there. Come here," Madeline pulled Rose for a hug.

The number of soldiers left to board the ship had decreased and now it was only Zayne and Rose left to get on.

"I will be fine, mother. I will write to you every day for you to know what I have done. Zayne said many ships will come here now that the two kingdoms are one so I will make sure there is a letter for you on every ship," Rose promised.

"Must you two do this to make the rest of us cry? I thought I had been prepared for this," Anna cried, joining the hug.

Victor joined to enjoy his last hug with Rose for a while. "You shouldn’t keep them waiting. You should get as far out as possible before night comes again and all around you is dark. Do not stand so close to the edge to fall. Someone might be able to jump to help you but it is not easy to stop these ships."

"I will remember this," Rose replied, enjoying the moment as her family squashed her. "I must go."

Rose didn’t want to hold back the ships any longer. They had a set time to leave and a time they wanted to arrive.

Rose stepped away from her family and walked to Zayne. If she looked at her family any longer, she might not want to get on the ship.

Zayne offered his hand to help Rose walk as the way up was shaky with the ship moving with the coming waves.

Rose only looked back at her family when she made it onto the ship. She watched as the bridge to the ship was moved. She waved goodbye just as her family did to her.

Again, she had a family to one day come home to and this time, she was also starting a new family elsewhere.

Zayne stood beside Rose and waved goodbye to the group. "It is not too late if you want to stay. I am asking a lot of you to leave everything behind and come with me."

"How could we be married and not live in the same kingdom?" Rose asked, grateful for the chance to get off but her mind was already made up.

"We could make it work," Zayne replied.

"I don’t want us to be that way. I would want to stay if it weren’t possible to see my family again. I look forward to seeing more of the world but goodbyes are hard even if they are not forever," Rose said, peering down at her family. "You do not need to worry about me wanting to get off. Once the dock is out of sight, these emotions might go away."

Zayne hoped she was certain as the ship was starting to move and it would be hard to turn back right now. He wouldn’t let her jump off the ship to swim to her parents.

Zayne remained with her to see her parents for as long as they could as the ships left the dock.

Rose hugged the gift given to her by Willow. The further the ship got away the more emotions came upon her. She didn’t know how much time had gone by but they reached a point where it was hard to see her family. She could only see the ships at the dock.

Rose turned her attention to the sea they had to cross to get to her new home. While she was sad to leave her family, there was an adventure before her with much to learn. She was finally going to see the night sky Zayne described to her which had a way of looking better when out at sea.

"How are you feeling, Rose? We have a long way to go but how do you feel so far?" Finn asked as he approached the couple. "You just got married but we had to take you away from enjoying celebrating."

"We can still celebrate here. There are a few gifts I have to open," Rose answered.

"A few?" Finn laughed at how she described them. "Have you not seen what your husband did?"

"What?" Rose turned to Zayne for an explanation. "Was it not only the gifts from my family and friends?"

"I am also your family now," Zayne reminded Rose. "And there are some gifts from the soldiers. You shouldn’t worry about it."

Rose had a feeling she needed to worry about what Zayne prepared for her.