Aza stirred on her holographic generated pallet and groaned as she stretched. He hadn’t realized how much he’d missed the simple things that she did. This caused him to hate thinking about leaving her again, but there was still the matter of Constantine to deal with. He wasn’t sure if Captain Sabra would allow him to return to the Earth realm after the recent events. But if she wouldn’t allow it, then he planned on going to Commander General Alois. If he refused … Lathan didn’t want to consider it. He swung his legs off the …show more content…
She was right, it had been a long time — longer for Aza since time flowed differently on each dimension. He wondered if she knew how much he thought of her. He started to confess that instant all that was in the fiber of his being. Yet, like so many times before, Lathan opened his mouth and the words wouldn’t come. It was agony to lower his eyes, but it was the only way he managed to say, “There’s nothing in any world that would make me happier than sitting here with you, talking about anything, or being in silence.” He took a deep breath hoping it would bury the discomfort before he added, “I can’t leave it be … not like this.
“If it were only me I could turn a blind eye and let it be someone else’s problem. But it’s not. Constantine has hurt too many innocent people, though for me one would be too many.”
Aza stood and walked a few paces away, “It’s the girl, isn’t it?”
He stayed silent for a long moment as he carefully thought of how to respond, “Partially, but it’s only because she was cheated out of life. If she were one of us, Allison would be considered an elder child — intelligent and emotionally mature enough to begin exploring her world. In ways, it’s the same with humans, but that was stolen from her. And I’d like to make it right if nothing