Chapter 60 What's between you and her?

• Hassan heard footsteps behind him and his fighting instinct kicked in. Judging by the heaviness of the steps, Hassan knew that it wasn't just a person who was after him. They had to be about four people behind him. It couldn't be his subordinates, they would have called out to him. He wondered who was bold enough to try to apprehend him despite his position in the sultanate. He turned to a corner and hid.
• When the footsteps sounded closer, Hassan peeped from his hiding place to see who it was and was utterly surprised to see that it was the Sultan. Hassan pondered on why the Sultan was after him, acting stealth about his movement. He doesn't remember doing something to offend the Sultan, so he was disturbed. Hassan saw the Sultan looking around for him, then walked away when he couldn't find him. When the Sultan and his entourage were gone, Hassan came out of his hiding place. Perhaps the Sultan needed his attention since the general wasn't around and Hasan was next in line. He was probably worried over nothing, but he had learned to fear the Sultan after that day at the dock.
• Jamal walked away from the corner he had seen the second in command disappear to. If the man wasn't feeling guilty about something, why would he run away from him? Does the man think that he could escape him just because he hid himself? He knew just how to fish such a man out, Jamal thought, redirecting his footsteps towards the army building. When he got there, he had his entourage point out which one was the second in command's quarter. Jamal went into the house, inspected it, and found different torture weapons ranging from long whips to ropes lying on a table. Jamal smiled as he sat down on a chair facing the door and waited patiently for the man to return.