Chapter 79
"Rose, do you have visitors when I am not here?" Zayne asked as the amount of blankets didn’t make sense for just two women being here.
"No! I would not bring anyone into your home. Who do I have to invite here-"
Rose was silenced by Zayne throwing one of the blankets over her head. Rose pulled the blanket from over her head and looked down so she wouldn’t glare at Zayne. "That was not nice. I have been giving the guards at the gates blankets so they don’t freeze to death. They come back with a bit of dirt at the bottom."
"There must be a lot of mud by the gates. It was raining a little last night. What do you use to clean your boots? Zayne?" Rose asked, tempted to wave her hand in front of his face to get his attention. "Are you listening to me?"
"Unfortunately, I am. If I tell you what the boots are cleaned with, would you try to clean them for you? Clean the boots of the men who have not been the kindest to you? Do not look so surprised as it was not hard to tell they were being cold," said Zayne.
"They were at first but now that has changed. We are not friends but after I take blankets to them, they would return them with little berries they find. It is much better than what you have noticed before. I don’t see why I cannot clean their shoes. I am the maid-"
"My maid, Rose. I am the one who hired you to work here. You are not to clean their muddy shoes. I am quite interested in how they cannot survive the cold. Are they not wearing their uniforms or armour when I am not present?" Zayne asked.
There was no way for those two to be cold if they were wearing the right clothes. Zayne was starting to get the feeling that they might enjoy ordering around Rose.
"They do. I swear it. It is me who fails to believe that the clothes they wear keep them warm. They have that small space by the gates to go in when it rains and there is nowhere for them to start a fire to keep warm so I go to them. Please do not bring it up to them," Rose pleaded.