The Knight's Mysterious Maid
Chapter 157: Self-control (1)

Chapter 157: Self-control (1)

"Finally," Annalise whispered when the carriage she rode stopped on the road before it entered the market.

After a long day of trying to understand why she was tasking herself with making Rafael tea for him to sleep, she was finally free to do as she wanted which meant she could leave the manor. Her plans were to find Thomas and start back her training with him while they caught up with everything they found out, but now she had something else to deal with.

The two bastards who spoke of taking advantage of her people. Annalise could not allow the two of them to return to the border. She was certain there were more men who thought like the two of them, but right now, dealing with these two would satisfy her.

Annalise exited the carriage to walk the rest of the way to the market. She wore a cloak over her head to hide her appearance as she walked into the market to find where the border guards were staying. All she had to do was mention border guards visiting Rafael and many of the other maids started to talk, eventually revealing where the men stayed.

This was the one time when she wished Thomas was somehow stalking her so they could do this together, but she had no time to waste trying to try finding Thomas. It was important she got rid of those men before morning came. She hoped they would be where the maids said all the guards stayed.

Annalise walked into the market that was still busy though it was late into the night. The taverns were opened to people who wanted to waste their money on drinks. The town came alive at night for businesses that were mostly closed in the day like the red light district. This was its time to make money.

"Pretty lady."

Annalise stepped to the side to get out of the way of a man already drunk of his mind who seemed to be heading home. She hoped he prayed before he started drinking because she doubted he was going to make it back home with how easy it was for him to be distracted.

What was so good about drinking to make someone be so out of their mind that they could not think straight? Annalise wanted a good drink to make her feel the same way.

Annalise pulled her cloak tighter as she walked into the red-light district part of town. It was here that the maids told her the border guards would stay before heading out of town.

The fact that those men chose to spend their night here did not surprise Annalise. She wished to know what it was about men that they so desperately needed to be with a woman. They acted like they needed to have a woman wrapped around them after a few weeks of not seeing one or they would die.

She was here in town away from her home for a few weeks now and she had not thought of sleeping with any man when there were so many at the manor. She knew what it was like to be laid against someone and feel their warmth, but she was not desperate to experience it again.

"Maybe it’s something in their manhood to make them act like bunnies," she concluded.

"Excuse me," Annalise said, stopping a woman passing by her. "Do you know which brothel the border guards stay at?"

The woman stared at Annalise wondering why she was hiding her appearance in the red light district. No one cared about who stepped foot in the red light district unless you weren’t paying for what you received and you were banned.

"Looking for your husband? It’s better you go home and forget about him being here than try to find him. Steal a few things from him slowly and then-"

"I am not married to any of those fools. I just want to hear the exciting stories of their travels at the border. I have my brother I wish to know if they have met," Annalise said, hoping the woman would just accept the story and point her in the right direction.

"If that is true, why are you hiding? Won’t anyone tell you of your brother so you are this desperate? You must be a lady of some sort so if you wish to know," the woman said, holding out her hand for coins.

Annalise stared at the woman in silence for a moment before starting to walk away.

"Wait wait wait," she repeated, getting Annalise’s attention. "It’s that one over there. Why is everyone here so cheap?" The woman muttered as she carried on to where she was going before Annalise stopped her.

Annalise looked where the woman pointed her to. It was a brothel painted white and there were a few men sitting around on the outside drinking. It wasn’t as busy as the others surrounding it, but it did fit the description of what the maids said so she felt like this was the right place.

Annalise walked toward the brothel, ignoring the calls from men and the laughter from women that followed. This wasn’t her first time walking around the red light district because she and Thomas had unknowingly stumbled into it when they first came to town. She was now used to the things she saw.

For a kingdom with so many rules, there certainly was a lot of sex happening at night. Groups of people huddle up together, getting a feel of the person beside them. It amused her that there was such a place to piss off those who kept speaking of being proper.

Annalise entered the brothel and looked around for the two men on her list, but they were nowhere in sight. She kept the coat covering her head to hide her appearance even more as there were a few knights she recognised.

Annalise walked further into the brothel to find one of the women who worked there to get them to help her in exchange for the coins she saved up.

"That bastard."

Annalise stopped when a woman came down the stairs she was walking by and almost collided with her. She stared at the woman who had a red mark on her cheek and the side of her dress torn. She looked around to see if there would be anyone coming to see what was wrong.

"Always has to get rough-"

"Excuse me," Annalise interrupted the woman’s rambling. "Are you alright?"

Contessa, one of the women in the brothel, looked at the stranger who asked such a weird question. Did this woman not see where they were? "I am fine. Just had to serve someone who doesn’t know how to be intimate without all the hitting. I hate to think about what kind of role-play he was doing. Why are you so covered up? Looking for a husband?"

Annalise found it funny how the first thought was that she was looking for her husband since she was hiding her appearance. "No, I-"

"Then are you a lady with no experience looking to be taught? My employer doesn’t need any more of your fathers coming down here to threaten him," Contessa said. They were the ones to get yelled at when it was her employer who told them to take the young women to a room to show them how to please a man. No money would be wasted here so they did strange jobs.

"No, I am here to find the border guards Claude and Ethan. Are they here?" Annalise asked.

Contessa touched the bruise on her face. "They are here. I have to serve both of them and I already had enough with the one who cannot stop hitting me in the middle of sex. I must get back to them after I get the wine they requested."

"Show me the room and I will get rid of your problem," Annalise offered, taking a small bag of coins from her cloak to give to Contessa.

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