Chapter 84
"Why? Why did he call me a lady?" Rose asked Soren, even more confused by the stranger’s words to Soren.
"You’ll find that the only people walking around with guards are those from good families. He must think you are a lady from a good family and Soren is your guard. There is also the belief that most beautiful women come from noble families. It is not true since you are quite the beauty," Janice said, pinching Rose’s cheek.
"I see. We should have come without a guard," Rose said as they were going to have everyone misunderstand.
Janice shook her head as she saw a big problem starting to arise. She knew now why Zayne sent a guard when it was Rose’s turn to come here. "You need a guard, Rose. I am not the only one who sees how pretty you are."
Janice held Rose’s hand so no one could steal the little flower from her. "I hadn’t thought about how many would act like they have never seen a woman before. We are around the time when many are looking to get married. You might hear of a lot of balls when you travel."
"Will I? Oh, but I won’t be able to see them. I am not going to the palace. I might just stay in his tent," Rose replied.
"Not all balls are held at the palace. Those with money hold their own and try to make it better than the ones in the palace. The town might even have little festivals for people like us to go out and dance. That is why we must find you pretty dresses for if the occasion arises. Follow me," Janice said, pulling Rose inside a shop.
Soren remained a little behind them keeping watch of the men starting to gather. It couldn’t be that all of them wanted to court Rose. She was pretty but were there no other pretty women in town that the men were gathering like this?
Soren went inside the shop so he could stand by the door. Why did he have such terrible luck to be the one who had to keep these men away from her? If Zayne did like Rose, it was going to be terrible to have to be the one to reveal that men were trying to court her.