Chapter 44
Alexander waited patiently to see when Mathias would come out of the room he entered with a woman. He had almost missed Mathias as he had to slow down to not be seen but he had managed to witness him entering a room with a woman who lived in the brothel.
Alexander was quick to recognise parts of this brothel as they were forced through the day to sometimes work here during the time they were going to be sold. This was where Rose was to end up and all along, Mathias knew exactly where to find it.
Alexander gripped his sword. He was hoping that Mathias wouldn’t betray him this way by hiding where he knew Rose to be. They wanted different things and that was fine. Mathias shouldn’t be meddling hiding where Rose might be.
’Don’t,’ Alexander repeated in his head. His body wanted to move to open the door and confront Mathias but he couldn’t yet. Not only should his focus be on Rose but Alexander was not ready to confront his friend for keeping this brothel location a secret from him.
After what he said about Rose being the one to push for Mathias to come along, how could Mathias not share that he was coming here when they had just spoken about going to find Rose? He could take that Mathias did not want to go back to the past but he could not bear with the lies.
Alexander moved away from where he stood before he could do something stupid. His hand was shaking due to the anger he felt and from experience, he knew this anger could be misplaced and someone might end up dead.
"Excuse me," Alexander stopped a young girl passing by him. His grip on his sword tightened as he saw the black mark under her eye when she looked up.
He recalled the days when they would be beaten for not listening to their orders. He hated to think the mark under her eye came from a customer. She looked too young to have anyone going to her.
"Do you know of a woman named Rose? She has brown hair. Maybe," he said as some had found ways to change their hair colour.