Chapter 63
"Rose, if anything feels familiar to you try to think harder about it so you can have some clues about where you came from. Does this kingdom not have records of missing people?" asked Zayne.
"I do not know. I have always heard that going to the courts or town guards here is hard. They are far too busy to deal with small matters if there is no money involved. That is why I never planned to run there if I escaped the brothel and I do not know my last name," Rose answered, not hopeful it would help her.
"It would be a good start to search for every missing girl named Rose. The person who sold you might not have travelled too far from this town to sell you. Unless this is the only town that deals with selling others as slaves," Zayne wondered.
The more he learned about this kingdom from being here the more he cared less about making a truce. They could spread lies about how wonderful the kingdom was through merchants but now that Zayne was here, he could see the truth.
"Your king is an idiot and we should have just killed him-"
"No!" Rose exclaimed. If Zayne had done that then many innocent people would have to be killed before he reached the king. What would have happened to her during that time? Graham might be so crazy not to move the women in the brothel. "It is better to have peace."
"That is not always true. We have taken over another kingdom and placed someone else from their side to lead. He only needs to listen to our king’s commands. That kingdom was far worse than this one with small wars within its borders and now it thrives," said Zayne.
He continued to explain, "Sometimes it is good to remove a bad king and war is the only way to do it."
"Then, if your king was awful, would you kill him?" Rose asked, testing to see if it applied to his home.