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Chapter 45: Another Clue
"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
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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,”
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“No!” Logan called, taking her arms to pull her back. She held up a hand to stop him. The crowd fell silent when they saw her. Some knelt. “Everyone, I implore you to step back from the wagon. I don’t want to see you get hurt.” Somehow, they heard her words and obeyed. They moved back slowly, not stomping over one another. Peacefully.“Whore!” a man shouted. “She’s feeding us lies and ruining our empire!” He shoved through the crowd, his eyes filled with hatred. There were cries of protest from the shock and the man was pushed down to kneel. Ellis didn’t pause to think. These people looked up to her and with the divisive violence in the em
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