Though his baser instinct urged him to flee, he couldn't do it. Not without at least a plan to reverse the situation.
"Sorry, Zotikos. But I didn't do anything wrong. I'll explain myself to tagmatarchis right now."
"Lord Glax, don't do this. Lord Oenopides has completely convinced him that you are a threat to Marbium and will put the Aegeons' name in the mud again! Lord Arsenio sent Lady Pidna and Kal to escort him to Rusa, and I suppose…"
"…He did this to get them out of the way." Glax completed Zotikos's thought. Again the sounds of soldiers searching the upstairs hallway made his heart race.
"AAARGH! BASTARDS SONS OF A THYRIAN WHORE!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! LET ME GO!" Alexander's voice, possessed by a fit of anger that Glax had never witnessed before, echoed from upstairs.
This sped up his decision. "Lord Arsenio will have to listen to me. I can't leave Alexandre."
