Hey everyone.
Here we are with another update.
As always I want to thank everyone that reviewed, favorited and followed since the last update.
And as usual, if you find the story worthy please continue to do so.
With that out of the way, I would like to issue a standard warning for this chapter. This chapter will have some rough themes.
I consider this chapter, and chapter seventy-nine, a Woman Named Lana to be the two saddest chapters that I have written so far.
However, if you made it this far; then I am confident that you will make it through this chapter.
The Sadness of an Angel – Chapter Eighty-One
Felix reached out his gloved hand to shake the hand of the older man standing across from him.
The suited man glanced down at his outstretched palm for a passing moment.
Before the older man firmly shook his hand not a second later.
Felix now gazed back at the older man's hardened face with a pleased grin now adorning his lips.
"I look forward to doing business with the Intermob. I can assure you that I will not disappoint you." Felix stated in a satisfied voice while the criminal stared back at him with an inexpressive gaze.
"Let us hope not Mr. Turner. For your sake." The crime boss replied in a businesslike voice while the young man smiled in understanding.
Many weeks later.
A large house sat upon many acres of farmland with a great many trees that surrounded the property for as far as the eye could see.
Elle stood gazing up at the imposing house with a look of disinterest in her amber eyes.
While her brother approached proudly behind her with his coat flowing behind him.
"What do you think of the new house dear sister?" Felix questioned in a gratified voice with a smirk on his lips while he gazed at his little sister's disbelieving face.
"How…did you afford this Felix?" Elle asked in a quiet voice while her brother set his hand upon the doorknob.
"We're moving up in the world Elle. Soon the Turners will be a name to be reckoned with." Felix spoke while he glanced down at his sister's depressed face with delighted amber eyes.
Only for the young girl to say nothing in response as she turned to gaze away with a dispassionate expression in her innocent eyes.
And then the door to their new estate was ceremoniously opened by her older brother.
Before Elle quietly stepped in with her backpack shaking on her shoulders.
She gazed down at the freshly cleaned flooring with a glum look in her eyes.
It didn't matter to her how big or nice the house was.
It wasn't home.
No house that she shared with Felix ever would be.
About five years after the fall of Rosa.
Team Azula now watched in fascination as the Sun shined brightly over the horizon of a foreign designed city.
Just as a familiar figure came riding into view on a bizarre wheeled contraption.
The highborn women observed with amusement in their eyes as the ten and a half-year-old Elle rode on a strange two wheeled vehicle with her backpack slung over her shoulders.
As Ty Lee found herself unable to resist smiling despite her sadness with the Mai cracking a grin alongside her.
All the while as the princess let out a proud snort as she tried to play off her fondness for the girl.
Just as the young girl rode to a stop before she tossed a rolled-up paper into the front yard of a house on her route.
"Newspaper delivery!" Elle called out to the resident stepping outside while waving in greeting before she peddling off.
All the while throwing papers in one yard after another while she gazed ahead with a small smile gracing her lips.
"Newspaper delivery?" Azula repeated in another haughty snort while she rolled her amber golden eyes beside her amused friends.
It was almost insulting to know that her girlfriend had once worked such a menial job!
"Perhaps in the future young Elle would be willing to teach you the ways of the courier. I am certain that you two would be a force to be reckoned with on the Capital streets." The captain taunted with her muscular arms crossed over her breasts while she smirked in the direction of her glaring leader while her fellow noblewomen listened in amusement.
"Watch your tongue Zoi! The Crown Princess of the Fire Nation does not deliver papers for peasants!" Azula scoffed in a pompous voice as she waved a well-manicured hand in the air.
Her possessive amber golden eyes watched her pet ride by with a scowl still adorning her crimson lips just as the girl shouted over her shoulder.
"You can count on post worker Elle turner!" Elle chirped in an innocent voice as she waved once more while she wheeled down the street.
Azula's nose scrunched up as she rolled her eyes once more with the three noblewomen staring at her in entertainment.
"Well, apparently the future lover of Princess Azula does." Zoi stated in a matter-of-fact voice with her words earning her a simply murderous glare from Azula.
Only for Elle to peddle to a stop before a shop while kicking out her kickstand.
Before she rushed inside with the shop bell ringing out behind her while she scampered up to the counter.
"Hello! I would like to purchase a vintage game!" Elle exclaimed in a polite voice as she glanced up from the glass counter while the worker waved at her in greeting.
"Sure, thing Elle. What can I get for you today?" The game store worker responded as he leaned on the countertop while the girl held a thoughtful finger under her lip.
Team Azula gazed around them in fascination at the screens with various images flashing before their eyes.
Just like they saw with Elle's games back at her childhood house.
Only for the young girl's excited cry to snap them from their musings as they gazed down at the child in awe how it felt as if she was truly standing in the same room as them.
"Ooh! I know! Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo!" Elle announced after a moment of deliberation while the man behind the counter chuckled.
"Good choice. I see you have an eye for the classics." The game store worker spoke in approval while the young girl placed her funds on the counter.
"Arigatou! Have a nice day!" Elle chimed as she held the game cartridge in hand while the man nodded at her as she turned to rush off.
Just before the doorbell rang once more as she hurried back out to her bike.
Azula gazed down in growing fascination with her regal brows rising when the girl ran by her as if she was there in the flesh.
Only for Elle's small form to phase through her belly while her mouth shook in a disconcerted thin line.
And somewhere deep down inside of her cruel heart she found herself wishing that she could be there right by side her serving girl to save her from any further torment.
It was a sentiment that was shared by her three friends as they watched Elle jump back on her bike.
And despite the girl's constant smile it was easy to tell that it was strained.
Behind bright amber eyes they could clearly see a hidden sadness that Elle was trying to hide from the world.
Only for the ten-and-a-half-year old's cry to snap them out of them thoughts once more.
They now gazed on humorously as they watched Elle happily bend over to pick up a copper coin.
"Oh look! A lucky coin!" Elle cried out with a rusted coin in hand before she hopped back onto her bike.
The princess snorted out a puff of blue fire as she rolled her eyes over her girlfriend's fascination with paltry coins.
'Her and her stupid coins!' Azula thought with a noisy snort while she coiled a finger in her ebony hair.
Yet even so she found herself unable to resist the way her full lips were curving upward in fondness over her servant's behavior.
And soon enough the memory world morphed once more while the group gazed on in intrigue.
Only for all four of them to recoil at the debauched scene that was now before them.
Smoke permeated the air of the room while a long makeshift rope hung from a bar an overhanging rack.
Felix stood naked with the rope around his neck while a nude young brunette straddled his chest.
As the young man hung there with a demented smile on his lips while he rasped for air with the woman pumping up and down upon his manhood.
Just before he burst out into disturbed laughter with his face turning blue from the force of the rope while sexual moans resonated into the air.
Team Azula watched the sex, act play out before them with shock in their eyes.
That was, all except for the amused Zoi.
Mai and Ty Lee turned red as they stared at Felix's deranged face with disgust in their eyes.
Azula scrunched up her nose in revulsion while she eyed the scene in disinterest.
Once more pondering why they were witnessing Elle's brother's repugnant memories.
"Well, this is interesting to say the least…" Zoi trailed off with a hand under her chin while her golden eyes blinked as she watched Felix blissfully writhe in his rope line.
Just as the other three women turned to glare at her in disagreement.
"Of course, you would say that Zoi! You have no class!" Azula snapped with a snort while her soldier just offered her a small smirk in reply.
Just when the sound of an opening door to tear them from their thoughts as they turned around.
Only to find themselves staring in renewed pity at poor Elle's broken face while they watched in disgust as the poor girl swallowed while she took in the twisted scene.
And just like that they felt an even greater increase in anger towards the girl's twisted brother as he even went so far as to smile in Elle's terrified direction.
"I-I'll be u-up in my room playing m-my games." Elle stuttered in a sensitive voice before she sprinted upstairs with her amber eyes shimmering in anguish.
Before the door loudly slammed shut behind her while Azula stood with her teeth clenched in the living room while Felix's demented chuckles sounded off into the air.
And then the memory realm transformed once again while Ty Lee gazed on with a scowl on her lips as she found herself growing to despise Elle's older brother even more than before.
Felix stood wearing a long coat with his hands on a little boy's shoulder while he smiled down at the emotional child before he spoke words that destroyed the boy's soul.
"Your parents just don't want you Georgie. They left you here because they don't want anything to do with you ever again." Felix announced in a cruel voice while he gazed down into the now crying little boy's wide eyes.
"W-what? That can't be true!" Georgie protested in a distraught voice as he shook with a tear dripping down his cheek.
"Unfortunately, it is. I guess you don't have a home anymore." Felix sighed with a hand over his face in mock sympathy while the poor child suddenly erupted into panicked sobs.
As he wailed with tears streaming from his eyes while Elle stared on from behind Felix with a depressed look in her eyes.
Just as the older brother brushed his fingernail along the boy's crying cheek before raising it to his lips.
And then he licked the teardrop with a twisted joy in his eyes just before he patted the little boy on the cheek.
"My condolences Georgie. Have a coin and go get yourself some ice cream!" Felix spoke with a sadistic smile while lazily dropping a coin into the boy's trembling hand.
Before he shoved the crying child off while he watched the boy run away with a pleased smirk on his lips just as he turned to face his apathetic sister.
"Why the long face Elle. Are they bullying you at school again?" Felix questioned in a cruel voice as he placed a finger under Elle's chin while his little sister gazed despondently up at him.
"When did you become so wretched Felix?" Elle inquired in a soft voice with emotion in her eyes while her brother smiled down at her.
"Don't be so uptight. I'm simply having a good time. You should try it sometime. You really need to blossom Elle. You can't stay a child forever." Felix lectured with his hand under his sister's shaken chin while he gestured to her flat chest.
Only for Elle's lip to quiver as she sniffed before she turned to gaze away while she tried to ignore the way her brother's hands uncomfortably grasped her shoulders.
Just as the memory dispersed into nothing once more while the four women stared on increasingly floored by the brother's cruelty.
Even as cruel as Azula was.
It just stunned and horrified both Mai and Ty Lee that Felix would take the time out of his day just to tell a boy that his parents abandoned him!
Not even Azula would be that petty with a random person that she had no grudge against!
The princess clenched her jaw with her crimson lips creasing into an even deeper scowl while her fists balled up over her chest.
Only for her callous amber golden eyes to gaze on in surprise when they found themselves in a room with many young boys and girls dancing to loud music.
It appeared to be a school dance from the look of it.
And soon enough their eyes were all drawn to a familiar young girl nervously making her way through the crowds.
Just as Elle shyly approached a group of girls' before she came to a stop anxiously clearing her throat just as they turned to gaze at her in disinterest.
"W-would you care to dance?" Elle asked the girl in the front as she smiled hopefully while she missed the way that the other girl wrinkled her nose in disgust.
Azula's amber golden eyes now shone with jealously while fire began to spew from her lips.
The princess growled beside her amused friends just as Azula threw a fireball at the young girl's face.
Only for the blue flame to predictably phase through the girl while she still gazed back at Elle with mocking eyes.
"Uh no thanks. Queer." The girl huffed in a girl voice while her friends openly laughed behind her at Elle's destroyed face.
Just before they rudely pushed past the heartbroken girl who now stood there with water developing in her innocent eyes.
Team Azula gazed on with anger in their eyes as they watched helplessly as their friend's younger self trembled alone on the dance floor.
The princess snorted out a puff of wrathful blue flames with her teeth ground together in her anger.
Elle helplessly wandered about on the dance floor only for her hope to get crushed a second time when another girl scornfully slapped her hand away.
Leaving the young girl standing all alone with her shoulders slumping while her dejected amber eyes gazed down at the floor in sorrow.
Elle failed to conceal a sniffle as a tear dripped down her cheek while she padded through the crowd.
All the while with her lonely amber eyes staring down at her feet as another tear fell down to the floor below.
Just as Azula futilely held out her hand as if she was trying to comfort the crying girl.
Only for the princess to watch helplessly as her hand once again faded right through Elle's face.
Elle continued to quietly cry as she solemnly walked off with a defeated posture about her.
The four women gazed on in a shared sense of depression to be forced to witness their innocent friend face one cruel torment after another.
'Elle…' Ty Lee thought with sorrow in her sisterly eyes as a tear streamed down her cheek while Azula seethed in fury beside her.
And then just like that it all vanished once more.
Elle sat with her miserable eyes gazing down at a slice of cake on her plate while Felix sat opposite of her with a twisted smile on his lips.
"I-I lost my paper job because of you. Anyone that I try to befriend you scare away. And now you've taken me out of school." Elle lamented in a broke voice with her eyes wide in pain while her brother relaxed in his seat.
"I can't exactly have you going around telling stories about me." Felix stated in a voice of feigned sympathy while Elle sunk into the tabletop.
"It's all true." Elle spoke in a barely perceivable voice with her anguished amber eyes staring down at her uneaten birthday cake.
"It's unfortunate that it has to be this way dear sister but the only person you will be celebrating your birthday with is me." Felix declared in a nonchalant voice as he cut into the cake while the young girl hid her face in her hands.
Only for the sound of quiet sobs to be heard not a moment later as Elle sat there with her face shaking in the palm of her hand.
As her brother took a bite of his cake with a wide smile adorning his lips.
"Oh, cheer up Elle. Enjoy the cake! Happy birthday!" Felix exclaimed with sick glee in his voice while his little sister broke down into the tabletop.
"I hate you!" Elle cried out in a beyond resentful voice with her little fists pounding into the table.
Only for Felix to smirk back at her as he teasingly bit into his cake.
And once again the two faded away into the memory world while all four members of Team Azula now stood with complete rage in their eyes.
Only for that fury to boil over even further when they now saw an older version of Elle trembling with Felix standing behind her as her brother straddled her shoulders.
The young girl stared with terrified amber eyes into a glass tank with her older brother smiling widely behind her.
Just as the sound of a ferocious snarling filled the air while an unseen creature slammed into the inside of the tank.
"S-seekers? W-where did you get these seekers Felix?" Elle asked in a horrified voice with Felix grinning over her shoulder.
"Oh, I rounded them up here and there. What do you think of them Elle? Aren't they magnificent?" Felix spoke in a gratified voice with his hands grasping his little sister's trembling shoulders.
Just as Elle's terrified face was pressed against the tank while she began to cry out in terror as the beasts roared on the other side of the cage.
Only for her traumatized screams to fill the air not a moment later when the creature pounded into the glass.
A tear fell from her eye with her brother still gazing tauntingly down at her from over her shoulder.
Felix's lips curved into a deranged grin as he gazed with pleased amber eyes back into the foggy reinforced glass.
Just as their image vanished once more while the stunned women stood fuming with their eyes gazing ahead hatefully.
The princess clenched her fists over her armored breasts with a deep glower on her beautiful lips as she gritted her teeth.
'Make no mistake! He will pay in fire and blood!' Azula thought with fire escaping her furious nostrils while her enraged eyes glared ahead.
Only for her fury to soar even higher when somber music resonated into the air.
She now found herself gazing at a thirteen-year-old Elle sitting in a solace at her desk.
"We chase misprinted lies. We face the path of time. And yet I fight. And yet I fight. This battle all alone. No one to cry to. No place to call home. Oooh...oooh...oooh...oooh..." Layne Staley's voice sung while Elle sat with her depressed eyes staring aimlessly ahead.
Before she opened a drawer with a shaky hand to gaze down inside at its contents.
Just as she grasped a hold of the revolver with her trembling fingers while tears dropped from her eyes.
Before she pressed the gun into her temple with her wet eyes gazing solemnly out her window.
Team Azula stood gazing on with a horrified emotion in their eyes.
Each of them wishing that they could reach out and touch the sobbing girl's shoulder to prevent her from doing what she was about to do.
"My gift of self is raped. My privacy is raked. And yet I find. And yet I find. Repeating in my head. If I can't be my own. I'd feel better dead. Oooh...oooh...oooh...oooh..." Alice in Chain's music carried into the air while Elle's lips quivered in despair.
Just before Elle released a heartbroken scream not a second later as she finally pressed down on the trigger.
As her broken amber eyes fearfully closed shut with wetness streaming forth from within.
Only to open her frightened eyes not a moment later when she realized that she was still alive.
In that sobering moment she recognized that she had forgotten to load the gun.
"I-I forgot to load it!" Elle stammered in a torn-up voice with tears streaming down her face while she shakily started to slide a bullet into its chamber.
Only to break down sobbing mere seconds later when she recalled her mother's words.
This world is full of people that have abandoned their humanity. Please Elle…don't ever become like them. Don't you ever let them take your light away.
The gun dropped from her trembling hand to the floor below before she collapsed crying in her hands against her desk.
Azula stared down at her back with her callous amber golden eyes wide in uncharacteristic emotion with her mouth agape in uncertainty.
She reached down to grasp the crying girl's cheek only for her frustrated fingers to slip through her face once more.
And then just like that Elle's tormented visage vanished into thin air while she swallowed down her rage.
The three noblewomen gazed on with a stunned look in their eyes to witness their cheerful friend plummet to such a low.
Only for all four of their gazes to widen at the peak of their rage when they found themselves gazing at a truly terrible sight.
Elle lay in her bed with Felix taking hold of her despondent cheek while he unbuttoned her blouse.
As Elle lay underneath her brother with her amber eyes shimmering in a long-buried emotion while he stared down at her with the smirk that she has long since come to loath.
She sunk back into the pillow when her brother leaned down to press his lips onto hers.
Just as she cried softly with a tear dripping down her cheek while Felix slid his hands down the length of her body.
She watched as he drew in closer and closer.
Only for her amber eyes to suddenly shine with a burst of long hidden rage.
And just like that the sound of glass shattering ruptured into the air.
Elle screamed at the top of her lungs as she smashed a cup over Felix's head while he hissed as he recoiled away from her enraged face.
Just as she jumped atop of her disorientated brother with a flip blade in hand.
"Don't touch me! Do you hear me! Don't touch me!" Elle roared as she stabbed the knife into her brother's shocked neck while Felix dropped to the bed.
She screamed while pounding her fists in his face with her roars filling the nighttime air.
"I hate you bastard! I hate you more than anything in this world! Go torture someone else! I am through with your shit!" Elle bellowed with wrathful tears stinging in her eyes as she leaped to her feet waving the bloodied knife in Felix's speechless face.
Just before she bolted from the room with her bare feet pounding on the floor only stopping to throw her backpack over her shoulder.
All the while paying no mind to her brother's shouts as he cradled his gashed neck.
"Elle! Get back here!" Felix shouted with blood dripping from his open wound while he staggered to his feet.
Only for Elle to slam the door shut behind her just before she locked it from the outside.
Before she took off in a full sprint with her teary eyes gazing ahead while she ran down the halls of her brother's estate.
Team Azula stared on with approval in their furious eyes as Elle ran as far as her feet could carry her.
The princess gazed on with frigid amber golden eyes while she azure fire spewed from her enraged lips.
'That's my girl. You did good.' Azula thought with her fist clenched over her armored bosom while she furiously nodded her head.
And just like that Elle left her old life behind.
And the following day Elle ran with all of her belongings stuffed into her backpack never once looking back.
She purchased a bus ticket for as far as she could go.
And then she finally got off at her stop with her emotional amber eyes gazing ahead while she sniffled silently as she wiped at her eyes.
Before she began to walk with her hands tightly clutching the straps of her backpack.
All the while recalling her mother's parting words.
Stay alive Elle. And live with goodness.
One final tear streamed down her cheek as it dropped to the grass below.
Before she held her head high as she wiped at her eyes once more with a hopeful smile forming upon her lips.
"I am free of him at long last!" Elle exclaimed in a much happier voice while she walked into a wooded forest.
With her shoes eagerly walking along while her smile continued to grow as she listened to the sounds of the chirping birds all around her.
Just before she came to a stop in a clearing as she dropped her back onto a tree stump.
Before she withdrew her music player with a sunny smile adorning her features.
And then not even a second later she placed her headphones over her shoulders while she hit the play button.
And then just like that Elle began to innocent bob her head to the music while she swayed her hips to the beat.
"Hail (hail), what's the matter with your head, yeah. Hail (hail), what's the matter with your mind and your sign? And-a ooh-ohh. Hail (hail), nothin's a matter with your head, baby, find it. Come on and find it. Hail, with it, baby, cause you're fine and you're mine. And you look so divine." Redbone's music played into her ears and into the calm forest air.
As she threw her happy hands up into the air while she twirled her body in a celebratory dance.
The four women watched the memory of Elle unfold with fondness in their eyes.
It was all the more proof of the girl's natural sweetness.
The princess rolled her eyes beside her two-childhood friends.
Mai and Ty Lee found themselves unable to resist smiling to see the girl happy at long last.
"Ugh. Her and that ridiculous song." Azula sneered in a haughty voice with another pompous roll of her eyes while Ty Lee smiled widely beside her.
"I like it. It has a nice rhythm to it." Zoi spoke in an approving voice with a small smile on her lips while Azula let out a derisive snort beside her.
"Come and get your love! Come and get your love!" Elle sang in a cheerful voice as she happily danced upon the forest floor with a content smile upon her lips.
She rapidly bobbed her head with a lovable grin while her hair flowed behind her as she spun in a gleeful circle.
And with that Elle danced her heart out while she cried out her newfound freedom to the world.
Only for it all to come to an end moments later when Team Azula found themselves gazing on with widened eyes when Elle's cheerful celebration was brought to a swift end.
Elle dropped her music player to the grass below as she slumped with her eyes widened in shock after being struck by a blunt instrument at the back of her head.
And then she dropped like a rock face first into the grass while several soldiers were revealed standing behind her.
The group watched with returning rage in their eyes as they gazed at the uniformed soldiers as one of them threw the unconscious girl over their shoulder.
"That has to be the easiest target that I have ever apprehended." A soldier spoke in a foreign language with Elle slumped over his shoulders while one of his fellows laughed in response.
And soon enough the unfortunate girl was placed in restraints and thrown into the back of a prison truck.
And then the truck drove away into the distance with Elle slouched her with her face against the steel wall of the vehicle.
And with that the prison truck drove off it its unknown destination.
And unbeknownst to Elle.
Also, to a reunion with a long-lost friend from her past.
AN:
For those that are curious, the song that Elle was listening to is Nutshell by Alice in Chains.
I understand that was a very sad chapter. But the good news is that you just witnessed the peak of Elle's pain. And she only goes upward from here.
Elle's life truly has been traumatic to say the least. And we'll see what role seeing all of this will have on Azula.
The important thing to remember is that Azula holds Elle on a higher value than everyone else around her. And just because she sympathizes for Elle's sufferings and wishes she could have saved Lana and Elias doesn't mean that she will feel the same for the rebels fighting back against her rule.
Azula is a complex person, and she doesn't change overnight, and I feel like that is one of the key themes of this story. Azula is indeed evolving as a ruler, and I would certainly say for the better. But both she and Elle still have a long way to go.
Another important detail is that Elle isn't the only one who suffered in her world. In fact, more people than not when through their own deep sufferings as a result of the ever-lasting damage from the wars of humankind. The only two things that make Elle's situation worse is that her brother is a psychopath.
And the fact that Elle is pure of heart, because of this I feel like it is more natural that characters like Azula, Mai and Zoe would feel for what she went through.
With that said though, a great many people lost their families in war, raids and attacks. Rosewood isn't the only town that was burned. It is just the town that we briefly got to know.
We also saw that even in the smallest of ways, such as with her paper job and her video games that Elle always tries to see the bright side of life. But as time went on living with Felix just became too much for her to take.
Because as we saw here, before Elle met Azula she had transformed from a bright and cheerful girl into a despondent person. Felix had exhausted her of all of her ability to care.
And her pain needed to peak for her to be able to break away.
And in this chapter we saw how Felix was becoming progressively more horrible as time went on. The longer he and Elle lived alone together, the worse he became.
Felix is meant to be a person that is devoid of redeeming qualities, and in this chapter I wanted to show how depraved he was. I also wanted to touch on how he is both a sadist and a masochist.
If you hate Felix even more after this chapter, then I have achieved the effect that I desired.
A couple of smaller details that I want to mention is that Felix bolstered his position in the land by working with the international mob. He realized that there was an outlet for him through organized crime.
And by doing favors for them, they in turn did favors for him. And this granted him access to higher funds that allowed him to buy the estate that he bought at the beginning of the chapter.
One of the last things that I want to mention is seekers, back in chapter fifty, In the Tent. Elle mentioned to Azula that monsters were long regarded as nothing more than a subject of fiction in her world.
However, she then went on to make the following remark. "Throughout most of our history anyhow."
The creatures that Felix captured, were also alluded to by Elle in chapter five when she referred to a cage of beasts.
For the time being I don't plan to say much more about them other than that they are monsters. As for what they are, we'll touch on that and more in book two.
I just wanted to get that out of the way ahead of time.
And lastly, in this chapter Elle learned how important it was to stand up for herself.
She stood up to Felix at long last, she fought back and she realized that her mother wouldn't want her to live this way.
And now even though she was captured as soon as she left, she is still free of Felix.
Next chapter will be Elle's final flashback chapter, and it will be considerably more positive in tone than the other four flashback chapters.
After that we'll touch on Naoki's two flashback chapters that establish her character. And after that we will return to the present.
For the moment though, that will be all for now.
Stay tuned for next time.
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