The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Twenty-Five – Complete
Neselle: The Hard Decisions

As the feed from a couple of cameras in town was directly fed into the main news channel, Althery opened the door to the room I was in to say, “Leave it to Jelnaya. Give her a simple assignment, and she figures out a way to make it into something more.”

Bulorth replied, “I don’t consider a debate in the middle of the city to be the best forum for deciding our fate.”

The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Twenty-Four – Part Two
Jelnaya: Work Continues

The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Twenty-Four – Part One
Jelnaya: Work Continues

The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Twenty-Three – Complete
Neselle: A Direction Needs to be Set

The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Twenty-Two – Complete
Jelnaya: A Strange New Life

The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Twenty-One – Part Two
Neselle: And We Return to the Coliseum

The predators around me set themselves to protect me. Some grabbed my arms telling me to leave the arena. I however resisted. When that did not work I drew Jelnaya’s sword. That had the predators pause, and seizing my moment I returned to the microphone.

The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Twenty-One – Part One
Neselle: And We Return to the Coliseum

The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Twenty – Complete
Jelnaya: Common Truths between War Gods

The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Nineteen – Part Two
Neselle: Alternate Histories

The third Neselle story -
Of Men and Love in General
Chapter Nineteen – Part One
Neselle: Alternate Histories

I did find it relieving that no monsters surrounded us. While I accepted that Jelnaya could hold her on in a fight, she did not present the comfort of providing the mass carnage that the elder men of our herd could perform. I however accepted that one did not need to face a monster to be threatened. As if a trapped rat, I looked for a method of escaping my predicament.