章節 42: Pick a dress

Roselyn woke up earlier in the morning, knowing the marriage would be in just a few days she still wanted that day to be perfect. Considering that will probably be the only time she will ever wed she wanted to help organize the event and make it memorable.

Just like she used to dream about that day when she was younger.

Although the man she was going to marry was a vampire, he was treating her well. He wasn't very sweet and he didn't seem to like spending time with her, besides that she could say he was a good companion.

The maids broke into the room seeing she had her lights on like a hurricane in a wood. They harshly placed decades of dresses onto the bed. Then few more maids entered carrying boxes of jewelry.

When Roselyn looked at the dresses she soon figured out those were brought there for her to pick the one she would wear for the marriage.

She saw that none of those was to her liking. They were surely very beautiful but filled with details, pearls, embroideries or tapes and she didn't like that kind of dress. She was of the idea that 'less is more and that too many details were ruining a good piece of fabric.

The idea of asking them to find other dresses or ask to see something else seemed to be rude but at the same time, the idea of marrying with a dress she disliked was out of the question.

When gathered all the courage she looked at the maid who spoke to her the previous day, and trying to sound gentle she asked, "may I see more dresses?"

The older maid who wasn't a huge fan of Roselyn frowned, "why? I picked those dresses myself."

For some reason Roselyn was not surprised, she probably did it on purpose to make her look bad in the King's eyes.

"Maybe my taste is different from yours... Can I see something more simple?" Roselyn asked, on the maid's face formed a severe expression.

After some seconds her lips surprisingly curved up,

and suddenly her tone of voice changed, from rude became softer, "Sure thing. Maybe you can pick the dresses yourself, do you fancy this idea?"

That was the kindest thing that came out of her mouth so Roselyn offered a smile, liking her idea she nodded.

"I would love to." She replied.

The second maid looked confused knowing that the King wouldn't be very happy if he knew that.

"Follow me, lady Roselyn." She said and she began to walk. After a long walk, Roselyn could say that she entered a new part of the house. The maid took her set of keys and went to pick a smaller one that was different from the other keys, it was a silver small key and it had a weird logo on the head of it.

The blade seemed shorter and thinner, but Roselyn didn't pay much attention to that detail. It was probably an old door lock they forgot to replace.

She turned the key inside of the door and smiled when it successfully opened.

The inside of it was riddled with clothes, diaries and boxes, and other dusty stuff.

It seemed not to have been opened for years.

"Come," the maid whispered slowly and quietly closing the door behind them. Then she walked into the back of the room.

She opened a closet revealing hundreds of dresses all organized meticulously and well maintained.

Their style caught Roselyn's attention, it was a very old style like if those dressed belonged to decades ago.

"Who those dresses belong to?" Roselyn asked brushing her hand against the fabric.

"Queen Evelina gathered many dresses during the years and those are the best ones." She replied looking at Roselyn, her lips curved slightly.

"The ones that King John personally selected for you to wear during the most important events." A grin shaped her lips.

When she met Roselyn's gaze she became serious, "do they meet your liking?"

Roselyn was very impressed by what she heard, she couldn't believe that John was so nice to let her wear his mother's dresses. She thought that she owned that to him and that after picking the dress she could surprise him.

She took a look at all the dresses and many of them caught her eye as they suited exactly her preferences.

After taking some minutes to decide she pointed at one dress in the center of the wardrobe. It was indeed a wedding dress, her eyes sparkled at the view and it felt like the dress picked her since her heart's beat increased the more she looked at it.

"You couldn't make a better choice." The maid commented.

Carefully taking the dress which was protected by a garment bag. She walked toward the door.

"It was a nice gesture of yours to make me pick the dress. Thank you." Roselyn said breaking the silence after she locked the door. She was willing to have a good relationship with every maid even though she wasn't welcomed in the best way.

"It was a pleasure." She replied not meeting her gaze, she walked hurried as if someone followed her.

"Why are you rushing?" Roselyn asked but the woman didn't reply.

Once they finally came back to Roselyn's room the maid opened the door and placed the dress upon her bed.

"I look forward to showing you my dress." She said gazing at the blond maid who waited for them there.

The maid offered a smile and walked closer to see what she brought there.

Roselyn proudly smiled, and delicately slipped the dress out of the cover bag.

When the maid saw it she suddenly covered her mouth with her hands.

Her eyes widened as she was completely shocked by what she saw.

Roselyn's eyes narrowed, concerning she didn't like the dress she picked. "You don't fancy it?" She asked noticing her face became pale.