55 Chapter 55: Rosaly (1/2)

SALEM: A voice I hadn't heard in a while. But it was familiar. More than familiar.

I turned around. A girl stood behind me. A woman. Her long wavy brown hair reaching her lower back. In a tavern maid uniform. Which meant she wore a red headscarf, a white top, some kind of leather corset and a dark green skirt that went down to her ankles.

Her name was Rosaly.

She put a drink on my table. I never ordered anything. But she knew what I liked to drink. For better or worse.

She sat down across me. Rested her chin on her hands. Gave a look with smiling eyes.

She said, ”Did you miss me?”

I picked up the mug and drank. It was good.

I said, ”No, I was just passing by.”

”In that case I will charge you ten times the usual price for that drink.”

I chocked.

She grinned and her shoulders shook with giggles.

”So, why are you here?” she asked.

I shrugged. ”Like I said, just passing by. Another job, another day. Just this job leads me through Larose.”

”Which means your final destination is Merkelborough.”

”How do you know that?”

”Most men passing by are on their way to Merkelborough.”

”Hmmm.”

I said nothing. Focused on my drink. It was always hard to talk to her. Because of the way we went separate ways. Although I suppose since she hasn't poisoned my drink, it meant that she had forgiven me.

Maybe. Possibly.

Her eyes examined me. Then her expression changed. She got up and stood behind me.

”What?” I asked.

Her hands on my shoulder. Not in a tender way.

Her fingers picked up something. Pulled it off my back.

I turned my head. She had a frown on her brows.

She said, ”You always liked the kind with long hair.”

She held a strand of silver hair between her fingers. Elina's hair.

How did that get on me? I couldn't pinpoint a single time. Because there were too many different occasions. When she was on top of me. When she dragged me onto the street. When she took me flying.

Rosaly said, ”I suppose that's why you took a fancy in me back then.”

I said nothing.

”And I was enough of a fool to go with you.”

I said nothing.

Rosaly said, ”And now you've taken up another young thing with the kind of hair you like?”