Chapter 182: Not A Trick
"Where are you going? At this point, we might reach the forest," he said, his eyes narrowing as he stared at both of them suspiciously.
There was a nasty glare in his eyes. Thomas was irked that he was letting a bunch of peasants string him along, but there was still the undeniable fact that he couldn’t do anything to stop it. However, that didn’t mean he shouldn’t remind them who was in charge.
Furthermore, this arrangement was already pretty fishy. He never would have agreed to it if Rose had not mentioned the crown prince. The crown prince had told him to do exactly what she wanted and to take her wherever she wanted to go.
He already thought this was too much for a peasant. Thomas could not figure out why the crown prince was adhering to the wants of this peasant wench.
Regardless, they were leading him to the forest. He doubted the crown prince would approve of this.
If he stopped this now, he would have a good enough reason. The wench had tried to escape already. He wouldn’t be surprised if this were another attempt to get away. He couldn’t let that happen. He also felt slightly insulted that the women would try to do that on his watch.
"We won’t go into the forest, but the place is at the side of the forest. I’m afraid, Lord Thomas, that we will have to get even closer to it," Edna replied.
"No," Thomas said stubbornly.
Rose was sick of his tantrums at this point. "Why?" she asked immediately. "We are already ’ere. There is no point coming all the way ’ere then going back."
"All you two have said is ’the place.’ I have no idea what this place is or where you plan to go. For all I know, this could be some kind of trick for you to try something."
Rose’s eyes widened a little as she realized what Thomas meant. "This isn’t a trick," she said. "Edna really is the only one to take me there. We are not planning to ambush you or—"
Thomas threw his head back and laughed. "Ambush me? Don’t be ridiculous. The two of you couldn’t even touch me if you tried anything. I’d strike you down before you got within a foot of me."