Chapter 69
"Prince Zayne?" Brian asked, surprised by Zayne’s visit so late in the night. It had to be that Zayne was haunting them since they weren’t training like the other soldiers.
"It’s general, you fool," said Zayne.
Rose would soon discover that he was a prince with how much the soldiers kept slipping up.
"General," Brian corrected himself. He only referred to Zayne as a prince when he was scared. "Is there trouble? You have never come this late."
"I might not be long. Tie my horse and give it water to drink," Zayne said and then walked toward the house.
From where he walked, Zayne could see light in some of the rooms so either Rose or Janice was awake. He would put his money on Rose still having trouble sleeping or pushing herself to get the house tidy at this hour.
Zayned opened the front door and went up to the second floor where he walked by Rose’s room and went to the room he had shown her yesterday.
As he expected, Rose was sitting at the top of the stairs with the door open and a blanket wrapped around her. Her gaze was on the sky and she was so focused that she didn’t notice him coming. It was a bit odd for Rose since the slightest sound had her jumping.
The old floor gave his presence away when it creaked.
Rose turned to the intruder and quickly relaxed when she saw Zayne. "Zayne? I do not understand. You were going back to your camp. Did you leave something here?"
Rose pulled the blanket up to hide what she was wearing. She didn’t want to wear any of her dresses to bed in fear of ruining them faster so she made use of the shirts Zayne gave her. Janice was kind enough to cut an old pair of pants for her to wear with the shirts but the shirts were so large that Rose didn’t need them.