Chapter 32
Rose was intrigued by everything that Zayne spoke of. She couldn’t believe how far he had travelled as he represented his kingdom on behalf of his king or how he just sailed when he had the time to do it himself.
She was jealous of the wonderful life Zayne had. If she were in his shoes, Rose would spend the rest of her life sailing out at sea. Other than the field she dreamt of there wasn’t anything important for her to see on land.
Rose imagined listening to the waves as Zayne described and having a far better view of the night sky. She wished to better understand a map now so she might one day turn her adventures to the sea.
"And it goes beyond what is drawn here," Rose said, touching the edge of the map.
"Yes. Some people make it their life’s duty to map out the entire world so there are far larger maps. Ones you can hold in your hands. There is a big world out there to be explored and some of my things here are what I collected from my travels to get here," said Zayne.
Rose looked away from the map to the things piled up in the room. "Do you want me to put them away or are they not to be touched?"
"You can put them wherever you see fit. If it is left to me, they will be in their crates until it is time for me to leave," Zayne answered.
Rose tried not to jump for joy that she would get to look around at his things. "There is one thing that I do not understand. You have to leave at some point so why didn’t you leave your things on your ship? Would they be stolen?"
"No. We have a crew on the ships and staying near the docks. It is unknown how long I will be here so it is best to get comfortable. This is little in comparison to what I normally gather from my travels. If you weren’t fleeing from that fool, I would pay you to give me a tour," Zayne said, watching as she carefully put down the small ship.