The crowd gasped at Logan's statement."Oh, no you didn't," Laurel said, her tone indignant. She jumped to her feet. Micheal grabbed her around the waist, yanking her back down, and clapped a hand over her mouth. He whispered into her ear and she calmed a bit, but her eyes were shooting death threats at Logan.Ellis tried to remain calm, but her eyes stung and she had difficulty swallowing past the lump in her throat. Be an Empress. Don't cry. Don't make a scene. Empress’ are calm, dignified. They don't smother their husbands with a cushion, no matter how tempted they may be.His words had hurt but she took into consideration his shock and confusion. Of course, he wouldn’t believe that he had fathered the first Zothean girl in centuries. No, two girls."Carlisle, do you have your DNA reader ready?" Ellis asked, her voice surprisingly calm. Micheal looked

"What if we separate the girls from the mass by a glass window?" Logan answered. "That sounds like a zoo," Ellis groaned. Logan looked confused by this. "They put animals in small, cramped placed and show them to the people in exchange for money," she explained. "That does sound strange.""Moreover, I am not allowing people with ill intentions and thoughts to see my daughters in such a state of vulnerability," she protested. Ellis gave them a short explanation about the heinous crimes committed against children and he looked like he was about to abduct all the children on Earth and bring them to his galaxy to protect them. "How about a Council Meeting? We will invite all the members of the council and government departments. We will also invite the presidents of the planets and nation-rulers. They will come if I invite and they can see our daughters and report back to the people about what they saw."Ellis grabbed the notepad from

"Ellis!" Logan snapped, slamming a file in front of her. "What have you done?" Ellis cringed. The papers scattered and she started trying to collect them, "I don't know. I'm sorry." "You've ruined everything! You destroyed the Empire!" "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to," Ellis babbled. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," he mocked in a high-pitched voice. “You were so high and mighty. I knew it… you wouldn’t make a good Empress.” "Please, Logan," she cried. "I'm sorry. I'll

She thought. “What can I do?” she asked. Micheal had no idea.“I need to see Logan,” she announced.“I will go with you,” Leo announced, getting up and putting down the tray of food. He took the controller from Micheal and switched it back to the hallway feed, studying the image thoughtfully. “Which reminds me… Nadia has been trying to put her name back into the system… She has been very strange, trying to match up with Leo, too,” Micheal said. Ellis turned. “Last time I saw her, she hadn’t taken a bath in a long time and was running down the hallway,”

Ellis forced a smile. It wasn’t about them. It was the circumstance that forced them to move. “You’re right,” she said anyway, “Let’s go.”She stepped out of the door and turned back to watch as Laurel closed it behind her. Nin was waiting outside for them and led them down the halls and up the stairs. Instead of the train platform, they entered an open courtyard. It was still dark and the stars littered the sky, gleaming like a thousand diamonds.“I’ve never seen the night sky,” Ellis admitted. “Their universe is highly matured, so it is densely packed. That’s