Chapter 42
Alexander felt better to have Mathias back on his side. It didn’t feel good when they argued and they should be on good terms when they found Rose so their reunion would be sweet.
"It would be good if we could go to the brothel if it opens tonight, but we need to speak to the commander. We are to go to the palace and the foreigners will be there. He expects us to see him speak about safety measures with the foreigners in the palace," said Mathias.
Alexander didn’t think the meeting would take long so he wasn’t concerned about missing going to the brothel when it opened. "We should speak to him as soon as we are done here to get this over with."
"I cannot speak to him right now. I already have something to do right now. An order that I can’t ignore so please speak with him alone and then I will come back to join you tonight. Do not leave without me. Excuse me," Mathias said, hurrying off to leave the camp.
Alexander ignored his need to wash up and followed Mathias. Mathias should never forget how close they had become over the years for him to know when Mathias was hiding something. He ranked over Mathias in the army and knew that there wasn’t an order given to Mathias.
Alexander had been trying not to follow Mathias around as he wanted to trust his friend. He wanted to trust that Mathias wasn’t hiding anything concerning Rose, but he could not. Especially with the answers Mathias was giving him before now.
Alexander stayed close behind Mathias but not enough to be spotted. He hoped that Mathias wasn’t going anywhere near a brothel or somewhere suspicious. For the sake of their friendship, Mathias should not be going where Rose might be.
Mathias got on his horse and began the journey to the brothel to speak to Graham. He could not find Rose and he was not the one who had taken her. His search for her had to end now and it should be concluded that Rose was now dead. That was the only way he could get Alexander to lose interest in searching for Rose.
"That fucking whore," he cursed Rose once more. She was ruining everything.
Their return to this town could have been much better if she had never shown up. Why couldn’t she have stayed in her place?
When he got his hands on her, he was going to kill her. Every day, every hour, the mistake of not taking her off somewhere instead of kicking her grew to haunt him. He should have thought about the headache he would have to face with Rose recognising him.
When Mathias arrived at the brothel, he quickly tied his horse and then made his way inside the brothel in search of Graham.