Chapter 152
"Why haven’t they told us about his family? This is exciting. Rose might marry a prince," Anna said, excited for Rose. "She might get to live in a palace if she is lucky. Oh, this is so exciting."
Valerie hit Anna’s arm to get her to stop talking. "You fool. What prince would marry a woman from a brothel? This doesn’t make sense. Are you certain his last name is Hamilton?"
"I am. It is what he was introduced as. What is so wrong about him being a prince? Is Rose in danger?" Anna inquired, confused by her grandmother’s reaction.
Valerie didn’t respond as she needed to think. She had a bad start with Zayne already. ’A prince wouldn’t marry Rose. Anna is more suited. I need those two together.’
Rose had come with something wonderful for Anna. Though Valerie didn’t want to send Anna far away, Zayne made a good candidate for a husband.
"You must court him," Valerie informed Anna. "If I had only known."
Anna stepped away from her grandmother, staring at her in disbelief. "I already told you that Zayne is smitten by Rose and he has turned down my advances. If anything, he would marry Rose. We should celebrate her getting to marry a prince. I have lost hope in doing anything with that man. He scares me as well."
Anna’s interest in Zayne quickly ended just as it started. She would focus on the men she had picked out to try courting. "We must catch up to the others," she said.
"You fool," Valerie scolded Anna. "You shouldn’t miss this opportunity. It would be good for our family if you marry a foreign prince. If the truce is successful, your name will go down in history books as the wife of a Hamilton. This is what we have been preparing you for."