Chapter 225

"I'm sorry mother. I brought you here just to say nothing to her," Rose apologised. 

This was all to go differently in her head.

Madeline held Rose's hand. "I don't regret coming. I've been afraid of getting near the palace for too long and now I've seen that the dangers from the past are no longer present. I have no other reason to visit again but I don't have to hide anymore. You've done something good for me."

Madeline felt at ease now that she had seen for herself that the palace was no longer the same with James now dead and Lilian without any power. She didn't need to worry about Rose being seen by either one now and she didn't need to hold Anna back from getting near the palace.

"I never thought I would come back. They would have to drag me back here. It's still the same," Madeline said, inspecting the walls as she walked with Rose. "I feel stuck in my past when I first arrived here."