Chapter 9
"I’m a fool," Mathias mumbled, disgusted with himself.
The memory of kicking Rose replayed in his head over and over again. At that moment, kicking her was all that Mathias could think of to get Rose to stop talking.
"How is she still alive?" Mathias wondered, biting at his nails as his panic grew.
No one was to know that he was once to be branded a slave. Mathias didn’t have any concerns about returning to this town since no one should recognise him.
Mathias glanced at the mirror on the wall. "How did she recognise me? Why is she holding onto that silly promise?"
He had come too far with raising his status to be hearing about the days when he was being sold. They were children when they made that promise. Why was Rose so foolish to think he would keep it?
"I need to find her," Mathias decided.
Rose needed to be silenced before she said too much. The chances of anyone taking her words seriously were low, but Mathias didn’t want there to be anything said.
"I should have brought her here. Then I could have silenced her. I need to find her before Alexander," Mathias plotted.