"You are bold to become the maid of our general. Aren't there better jobs for you to do here?" Mary asked, puzzled by the decision to travel with unfamiliar people. "Do you know how to use a weapon to protect yourself?"
Rose shook her head. "But if knowing how to throw a rock well counts then yes."
Mary palmed her face. "Did you not have anyone around you to talk some sense into you or did you just take one look at his face and run along?"
It would be no different from the ladies who wanted to board their ships, thinking this trip would be a pleasant one like they weren't heading to enemy territory. Mary respected Zayne but she hated to see how all reasoning went out the window for women who wanted to be near him.
Mary had to hear the jokes from some of her peers that she only joined the army in hopes of getting closer to Zayne.
