The Forgotten Princess Rose
Chapter 218

Chapter 218: Chapter 218

Alexander didn’t hear an answer from Rose so he believed she wasn’t there and this was only a trick for Zayne’s enjoyment. Zayne couldn’t be so twisted to bring Rose here to see Mathias being tortured. Rose should never see something so cruel.

Alexander looked up to see if Rose was there and surprisingly, he saw her back as she walked away with one of Zayne’s soldiers.

"Rose!" Alexander yelled, starting to move after her but he had to stop otherwise he would be leaving Mathias in Zayne’s hands.

Alexander glared at Zayne for going so low to prove a point. "You judge me yet you brought Rose here to see this. For what? Just so you could prove a point?"

"Yes,’ Zayne replied.

Truthfully, Rose didn’t see how Mathias was tortured and Liam had covered her ears, only bringing her forward when Zayne called for her but Alexander did not need to know this.

Not yet at least.

Mathias wanted to grab Alexander to stop him from leaving. Saving his life was more important than running after Rose. She was not the one being tortured right now. "Alex," he cried.

Alexander was placed in a tough spot having to choose between protecting Mathias and running after Rose. "Don’t touch him until I speak to Rose. Promise that you will."

Zayne smiled, laughing inside at Alexander wanting to make a promise with him. "Go on."

"No!" Mathias yelled, not wanting Alexander to leave. "Don’t go," he pleaded. "He’ll kill me if you do."

"I have to go after her," Alexander replied.

"You’re a little late with this," Zayne commented.

Alexander balled his right hand into a fist. Zayne was pushing it and it was getting close to Alexander punching him.

Alexander made his decision and walked off to find Rose. He would know if Mathias was in danger if he screamed.

"W-Wait," Mathias stuttered, panicking as Alexander got far away from him. "Come back!"

There was some relief for Mathias when Zayne started to follow Alexander. The torture had come to a halt and if Alexander continued on this path, Mathias knew he would be freed.

Alexander ran inside searching for Rose before she could be taken away. There was nothing for Rose to misunderstand about what happened. He had been adamant that Mathias was in the wrong for how he treated Rose but he didn’t agree with the way Zayne wanted to punish Mathias.

Mathias had only kicked Rose and it was terrible that he hid Rose’s location instead of telling Alexander, but torturing seemed to be for Zayne’s entertainment not for Rose.

"I am here," Rose said, making her presence known. She did not understand why Alexander was so frantic. Was it because of Mathias? "You look like you are close to passing out. Are you ill?" Rose asked, approaching Alexander to touch his forehead.

"No," Alexander held her hand and lowered it. "I need to talk to you. Did you hear anything said between me and Zayne?"

Rose shook her head. "Liam covered my ears. Did you hear what Mathias tried to do?"

"I had a feeling the princess would target you. I am sorry," Alexander said, knowing it was his fault. His sudden exit from the palace started this outcome. "He’s out there torturing Mathias. I don’t know why he would allow you to see that."

"I have not watched any part of it," Rose replied.

Rose had sat on the balcony waiting for when Zayne would call upon her. She only saw Mathias’s state when Liam took her to the balcony.

"He wants to kill Mathias. This is something between us," Alexander said, counting on Rose to make it right.

"Oh. Well, Zayne has been taking care of people like Mathias so I don’t need to. I don’t think it is wrong. My relationship with Mathias is different from your relationship with him. I won’t-"

"Must your revenge be to this point?" Alexander interjected. This wasn’t the Rose he knew.

Rose frowned. Why did Alexander assume this was her idea?

"I didn’t tell Zayne to do any of this. He told me to come to the camp to meet with you and I did. That is all," Rose said, disliking that Alexander was quick to point to her. "I didn’t tell him what to do with Graham and now, it is still all his ideas."

Rose took a deep breath, building courage for what she had to say next. "Zayne and I are together now. He will do things on my behalf and I hope that I could do the same for him. Mathias was following me because he wanted to kill me on the princess’s orders and he was the one to tell my stories about the brothel."

Rose couldn’t have it in her heart to stop Zayne’s plans. Mathias was to blame for the position he was in now.

Rose could have it in her to let Mathias go the time he had kicked her but he ruined any chance for forgiveness which he searched for on behalf of Graham. Mathias then turned to speaking about her past in an attempt to ruin her reputation and he had been stalking her to kill her.

Why should she have to stop Zayne?

Rose was grateful to have Zayne step in to deal with Mathias because she could not. There was a point in time when she would be ready to protect herself with a small knife but even then, hurting someone required a great deal of courage.

"I am not going to get in the way of what Zayne is doing. I will not stand by to watch since Mathias’s pain does not bring me any joy but I feel nothing for him,’ said Rose.

"Rose-"

"He has repeatedly tried to hurt me when I did nothing to him. Mathias wants to hide his past and he wants to see me dead. I cannot give him another chance to try killing me. I can’t," Rose said, hoping Alexander would understand.

Rose felt uncomfortable due to Alexander seemingly wanting something from her that she could not do. Alexander was asking too much of her right now and it started to feel like he had not seriously considered her feelings. It was best they move on.

They were in such a good place so they had to get past this.

"He did this to drive a rift between us. I told him that I still see Mathias as a brother and that the punishment doesn’t need to be so drastic. He needs to be punished but not like that. Please Rose," Alexander pleaded.

The word drastic stuck out to Rose since they were talking about a man who wanted her dead. Asking her to save Mathias was very insensitive.

Was it because Mathias was not trying to kill Alexander? Or was it because they were still like brothers like Alexander said?

Rose avoided Alexander’s gaze for a brief moment. "You cannot ask me to do this. Please don’t ask me to go easy on him. If not for Zayne, I could be dead right now. I can’t go out there and stop Zayne. Men like Mathias just keep coming. We should just go."

"I can’t," Alexander replied.

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