It was 5:30 at noon when there was a knock on the door, hilda went ahead to open the door, the man was a messenger he gave the letter to hilda and left , hilda went up to Rose's room and told her about the letter and left, rose scanned through the letter and dropped it on the dressing table and left the room for dinner, we got invite to a party at the Palace" she said to Richard," a party for what" he asked,"well according to the letter it's to welcome back the king" she explained, "it says the invitation is to late sir arndale's family" she said and Richard scoffed at the name of their father,sir arndale, their father was a court man, they were all happy together until their mom fell sick and died while giving birth to Richard and he hated Richard thinking he killed his wife and treated Richard badly as he grew up, he stooped going to work and became a drunkard, he was killed making a deal with an enemy kingdom of theirs and was beheaded on the spot when Richard was just 3 years old and up to today Richard still hates him," I wonder whether this was to taunt us" Richard said suddenly," maybe it is but we still have to go" she explained to him," maybe you but not me" he said defiantly," Richard disobeying the King's orders is like committing treason" she stated," and also the king is new he wasn't the one that executed the order to kill father" she said trying to calm him down,"I wouldn't have cared whether or not he killed that man or not" he complained,"Richard he was our father have a little respect" she said still trying to calm him down,"okay sister, you can go but don't expect me to escort you" he said and left the table, rose felt tired after the argument with Richard, she went upstairs to take a bath and lay downn to sleep with the red eyes figure still in my mind, could it be a duke? or a guard? or pr anything else, these were the thoughts that went through her mind as she drifted to sleep.
The next day she was in the garden, reading a book , there was no work on that day due to the King's celebration, so that everyone could prepare for it and all that, she was still focused on the book when hilda came towards her,sorry to interrupt but there are some ladies who want to speak to you" she said rose furrowed her brows wondering who they could be as she walked back into the house, her expression changed as she saw them but she quickly put on a fake smile and came towards them,"rose"one of the ladies said as she came to hug her, she was taken aback by the action but hugged her back ,"how are you" she asked," I'm fine" she replied to her once dearest friend, lila were friends too but after her father's death she distanced herself from rose, it continues like that till never saw her again until today."oh rose you look more beautiful,how long has it been a year or something" she said with a light laugh, rose scoffed a little and looked at the girls behind her, tilda and Sofia, they were all freinds but when lila stopped talking to her they both did the same thing, the two of them walked up to her and threw their arms around her," rose" they both said in unison," how have you been" tilde asked, "quite great thank you" she gave a curt reply " ok now that we've got the pleasantries out of the way I heard you were invited to the King's party".