Chapter 261: DOWAGER QUEEN
"Sleep tight, princess." Rowan leaned over and kissed her cheek before he left. He didn’t trust himself to stay any longer there. After all, he had been celibate for months now, the last time he touched a woman was before he left for Ogregon kingdom and this auburn woman was too tempting.
Zaya didn’t get to meet with Rowan last night, because apparently he returned very late, but when she woke up, a woman around the age of thirty was standing at the feet of her bed, waiting for her to wake up.
However, Zaya noticed how she tried to avoid her eyes. She looked... wary.
If she was not mistaken, her name was Mary, she would be her personal maid. There were two more young girls that would assist her, which meant Zaya had three maids on her own, who would attend to her every need.
"You are awake, princess," Mary said, she then went outside and the other two girls entered the room, holding a basin and clean towel for Zaya to wipe her face and cleaned herself.
"Thank you," Zaya said. She caught the look of surprised on their faces when she said that, but they didn’t utter a word, while helping Zaya.
They did their job in silent, they looked very solemn to her liking.
After she was done, they helped her to change her dress and then did her hair. They were rather confused about what to do with her hair, because they had never handled curls before and Zaya’s curly hair was pretty hard to be tamed, especially in the morning.
"I will do it," Zaya said, as she made a bun with half of her hair and braided the rest. She looked fresh and beautiful in her white dress that emphasized the color of her hair. "Where is Rowan? I mean the king."
"The king is in the morning meeting," Mary replied.
"When he finished?" Zaya was slightly disappointed because she couldn’t see him again, but she could understand, after all Rowan had been away from his kingdom for long, there must be a lot of things that he needed to handle.