Chapter 170
"How is that any different from what you do? You’re trying to find any excuse to keep me from Rose," Alexander said, seeing right through Zayne.
"We are not the same. Protecting innocent people comes first for me. You think my king sent me here to be distracted by solving this matter with slaves-"
"You are involved in it because of Rose. That is the only reason you are going so far," Alexander accused Zayne.
"When I offered my home to Rose after she left the brothel, she wasn’t a woman that I loved. She was just a woman in a place I knew she didn’t belong. We are against anyone made a slave so no, I didn’t do it simply for Rose but I am motivated now as I know what could have happened to her," Zayne corrected Alexander.
"I have figured out what your problem is. Your friend easily came across Rose and I found her within my early days here. You have every excuse in the world for why you couldn’t remember the place you were kept in the past. You have excuses for why it took so long to come to my camp. I don’t care you had to deal with the princess," said Zayne.
Alexander just seemed like a man who couldn’t protect Rose. He was too slow to act and do what was needed to protect the woman he cared for. There was no doubt in Zayne’s mind that had he not been with Rose when the princess noticed her, Alexander would have been standing on the sideline like a quiet little mouse.
Alexander knew how much he had done so Zayne’s words did not bother him. Only Rose would understand how he forgot everything about that town because of the awful memories. Getting to the brothel didn’t come easy for him as it did for Mathias.
Zayne wouldn’t understand unless he went through the same pain that Alexander did. He was just a boy then but he was kicked around and beaten for simple things out of his control. He was lucky to be able to force himself to forget some things after he escaped.
His mind closed off certain memories when he returned. Nothing looked familiar and in the beginning, he enjoyed it until he realised he could not find Rose.