The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 300

"You are late. You said you would not be gone long," said Faith Waller.

Faith closed the book she was reading and got up to greet her father. "Did you find anything about the prince and his wife?"

Lewis Waller, Faith’s father, handed his coat to a maid. "I had to be careful. I heard the prince killed some of the court today. I don’t know what for yet since I came home instead of asking around. Things are getting dangerous but I will speak to the king."

"Is there something that can be done at this point? You said that it was certain I would marry Zayne yet he was returned with a wife. It is embarrassing and a slap in the face to our family that they allowed him to marry a stranger. I must wed soon," Faith said since time was going by fast.

Lewis took a seat and snapped his fingers for a drink to be brought to him. "I know you must wed soon. I cannot keep you in my hands for much longer. The prince was the perfect match for you. I thought they would have suggested marriage to keep us loyal to the Hamiltons. Where did this woman come from?"

Faith wished to know as well. Zayne’s return with a wife messed up all her plans.

There were a lot of young ladies who thought they had a chance to marry Zayne waiting for them but Faith was most sure she would be the one to marry him because of her father’s close ties to the palace.

How could the Hamiltons welcome a stranger into their family and more importantly, what was wrong with Zayne for him to get married out of the blue like this?

Lewis noticed Faith’s worry that she might not get married. "What are you frowning for? You are desired by many."

"I wanted to be desired by Zayne. You have told me for as long as I can remember that I should be prepared to wed Zayne Hamilton. I am lucky to not have gone around telling anyone I would wed him or I would be embarrassed. I have lost to a woman no one knows," Faith said.

That was the part that hurt the most.

"You mustn’t walk around with your head down. I don’t think this is over yet. It doesn’t seem like the king is all for this union. It is only surprising that Catherine is so welcoming of that girl. I placed her to be the one to be against the marriage but I am told she stayed with her. What is that woman up to?" Lewis wondered.

"Are you certain their marriage might end soon? I feel terrible for hoping their marriage ends but it also feels like something has been stolen from me. I have loved him for a long time and someone who didn’t think of him for years like I did has come to steal him away. It hurts," Faith touched her chest.

This pain was unlike anything she ever experienced before.

"Stop being so emotional. You’ve only lost him if you sit around acting this way. I tried to push you closer to him but you always shy away and claim him to be scary. You behaved like you were the only lady looking to marry him. All hope isn’t lost," Lewis said, certain of it.

The king would want his help in the future so Lewis would keep putting the idea for Faith to be with Zayne even if she had to start as a mistress. It wouldn’t be too hard for something to happen to Zayne’s wife. All she had to protect her was Zayne.

Faith wasn’t as confident as her father that she would still have a chance since Zayne was already married. The thought of him bedding another woman was upsetting.

"Lady Catherine is still fond of you and you are close to Paige. I will take you to see Queen Yvonne so you maintain a close relationship with the family. You have something that a woman does not have. You have lived all your life here and have many who adore you. She now has to prove herself to the kingdom," said Lewis.

Lewis already knew the opinion of Zayne’s wife was poor since he heard the chatter about her getting blamed for Zayne being away so long. Rose was seen as bad luck which worked in Faith’s favour.

Lewis spent years helping the king and doing good deeds for the town so many would look to Faith as a lady who should marry a royal to be able to help them more. What had Zayne’s wife done for anyone?

"She’s going to have to leave his side at some point and when she does, we’ll give her a good welcome and a look at who should be Zayne’s wife. Do not worry about it. The Hamiltons cannot escape the pressure from the kingdom’s thoughts. We will succeed if the kingdom is against her," Lewis said, not worried about Zayne’s marriage.

Faith wanted to remind her father that Zayne had not cared about anyone’s opinions. Her father was the one who told her the stories of his time seeing Zayne in the palace so he should know better than her.

Still, Faith trusted that her father was going to give her Zayne. She felt sorry thinking about his wife having to lose him and be left with no one but Faith had to think of herself here.

Faith smiled, eager to see her father’s plans happen. "The king will wake and see that he should have picked me for his brother. We were always to wed. That silly list just gave others hope."

Lewis frowned now that the list was brought up. He still wanted to find out who made the list. The king did have a list but the one which went around was created by someone else. Lewis wanted to find the person who wrote it to know if it was all their assumption or if they had seen the list made by the king.

Regardless, Faith was on the list so he had nothing to worry about then.

Lewis looked at Faith. She was a beauty and all that a lady needed to be so he would be lucky with whoever she wed but he wanted her to find him a place in the palace. "I can put you in spaces to be near Zayne but nothing will happen if you are afraid to approach him"

"I will not be so careless this time, father. I will make the most of any opportunity you find me," Faith promised.