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Chapter 31: Not at the Cost of Her Morals
Ellis stepped into the hallway. Her eyes immediately caught Logan sitting at her feet beside the door frame. Isabella was seated beside him.
“Ellis,” he jumped to his feet.
“Let’s talk,” Ellis said. Nin, on the opposite side of the door frame, rose and stood silently not a hint of judgment on her face. Ellis wanted to hug her but wasn’t sure how well-received it would be. Nin had become a constant in her life, no matter what the situation was.
“May I hold you?” Logan asked, his voice apprehensive and full of longing. Ellis thought for a moment before shaking her head. She saw him shudder at her refusal and look behind him to see the look of appreciation in Isabella’s eyes.
That confused her.
She peered curiously and on seeing the approval on Isabella’s face suddenly understood that t
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The apartment Ellis chose was small, a bedroom and a bathroom and nothing else. She liked it quite a bit, considering she would have chosen such an apartment for herself if she were still on Earth. But that was not the matter at hand. She was busy adjusting everything when a wave of nausea hit her. She ran to the bathroom and puked for a few minutes before coming out.The room to the apartment was ajar and Nin stood at the door frame looking anxiously towards the corner of the room. Logan had brought over a pile of gifts to decorate her room, it seemed. His torso was twisted, looking over his shoulder and his arms moved back and forth. Ellis walked around to the other side and gasped with shock when she saw all the blood. To see so much blood in one day…“Logan!” she ran forward and grabbed his arm, forgetting her rule not to touch him. “Stop it! What are you doing?”
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“Have you spoken to Logan lately?” Laurel asked as she perused through Ellis’s new apartment. She had been oddly silent since she arrived but now she was speaking properly.“Of course. He comes every day when he gets time off work to check if I am doing okay,” Ellis shrugged. Laurel swiveled to look at her.“If you are seeing him, why are you not living with him?” she asked, perplexed.“This is crucial,” she started. “I have compromised on what I believe in for too long. It has been two days since the incident and I have not been allowed to go to the hospital to check on Arkan. They won’t allow me because it will spread rumors.” Ellis understood that rumors could be vicious, but this was ridiculous.“They are right, you know? I can see that you are not mad at Logan or scared at him, then wh
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Logan came over for lunch the day, sitting silently and eating. It was astounding how much food he consumed, clearing the full table of food. Laurel and Isabella had mentioned that Zothean men would pack on the pounds before the birth so that they could incubate the eggs later on. In this case, they would not come out of their burrows or eat. Apparently, Logan would survive off of his fat stores and his body would shut down apart from all vital functions.“I need to go to the market today,” Logan said. Laurel had told her how Logan went out to get pillows every other day. He critically fluffed, poked and prodded every single pillow in the market stalls and agonized over the fabric types. Ellis refused to partake in such an activity as it would drive her insane.“I can’t go along,” she told him. “I have a lot of work and I need to visit the Koln hospital to see Arkan.” Ellis
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Though in the middle of the night, Logan rushed out of his apartment and sprinted towards the government quarters where Ellis was still residing. Guards watched in bewilderment as a large Zothean running towards them. Their fear grew and they found themselves on guard to fight off whatever fiend it was until they realized that it was their frantic Emperor.They stepped aside and watched as his form became smaller and smaller as he went down the corridor. He was sweating and panting mess by the time he reached Ellis’s door. Nin was stationed outside, her eyes trained in front of her. When she saw him at the door, she stood up and bowed.“Emperor, what brings you here so late in the night?” she asked.“I wish to see Ellis, please,” he said. He was humbling himself in front of someone else but the realization he had an hour before had rendered him incapable of feel
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“What date is it?” Ellis asked abruptly.Laurel fished around for the soap she had dropped. “Why?”“I am losing track of time. How long have I been here? I have no idea what it is like on Earth right now.”
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