Lottie’s visit to the lab which Morena arranged had gone well and while she had got what she needed she learned a lot too. It was never an area she had been interested in but seeing the potential made her question both her own choices and her original reason for going. However she was quite sure the commander was not going to let up on her until he got what he wanted and after several agonising days she decided just to get it over with. Sending him a message with only a time and place she prepared a piece of paper carefully, no trace of her own handwriting and bearing a single name.
After a sleepless night and with her nerves jangling all through her classes Lottie made her way to the park after her final lecture. She saw him waiting and walked over. Her gloved hands were shaking as she handed him the slip of paper, pausing only long enough to tell him, “I’ve kept my side, you keep yours.”
Lottie's wild adventure 