Moral Justifications

Chapter Nine

The next morning, Roman had been standing outside the castle gates all night as he insisted to see Seth. Once the sun came up, the guards finally escorted Roman to the dining hall where Seth was sitting alone at the table.

"They took Sasha." Roman told him.

Seth stood up and dismissed the guards.

"Are you going to go save her or are you just gonna stand there like a fucking idiot?" Roman asked him.

Seth walked closer to Roman and looked into his eyes furiously.

"I thought we were friends." Seth said suddenly.

Roman furrowed his eyebrows in confusion but quickly caught in to what Seth was saying.

"I saw you with her, man." Seth told him.

Roman looked down shamefully.

"Look man, it's not what you think. I'm-." Roman began to say.

"In love with her? Yeah, knew that. I just didn't think you'd go behind my back and sleep with her." Seth told him.

Roman started to get a little defensive when Seth got in his face.

"You knew it wasn't going to last with her.." Roman tried to tell him.

"Yeah, not with you pretending to be my best friend. All while your sneaking off in the woods with my girl?" Seth asked.

"She's not your girl and-." Roman began to say before stopping himself.

Seth was still pretty angry and he wasn't backing down.

"Wait. Did you see us in the woods?" Roman asked.

Seth took a step back as Roman put the pieces together.

"Did you do this? Did you get her arrested?" Roman asked.

"Maybe you were right man. I never should have gotten close to her. I need to keep my focus on becoming king." Seth said uncharacteristically.

"So you're just gonna throw her to the fucking wolves?" Roman asked.

Seth didn't say anything.

"I'm never going to forgive you for this. Never." Roman said with tears in his eyes before storming off.

Upstairs, Marion was on her way to her and George's chambers to inform him that their new workers had arrived when she suddenly stopped in the doorway. The sight of Sophia Rollins standing face to face with Marion's husband sent chills down her body. George pulled her in close and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. Marion rushed off down the hall and made her way back down to the courtyard.

On the upper level of the castle, Bayley was rushing down the hall to get started on her work for the day when she ran into someone.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Bayley exclaimed.

A ginger haired man broke out in a genuine smile as his deep brown eyes met with Bayley's.

"I'm Sami.. Sami Zayn." He introduced himself.

Bayley let out a half smile as they shook hands.

"Bayley." She told him.

Sami couldn't stop staring at her eyes.

"Um.. I have to get to work." Bayley tried to tell him.

Sami opened his mouth to say something but before he could, Bayley rushed away in a hurry.

In the courtyard, Becky and Finn had just arrived for their first day at the castle. Finn was clearly hungover as he squinted his eyes, trying to hide from the sun.