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AT THE HEIGHT OF WAR

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN.

As always, Jisoo was running out of time.

She could not wait any longer until dawn as what Seulgi had promised, but she cannot entirely blame the other girl for her decisions at this time. The Ministry had been severely compromised: Taehyung had almost escaped and Jinyoung was recovering from poison. Nobody can be certain that all the moles the Death Eaters had planted were captured. Incidents like these slowed down their momentum. There was just one final horcrux left and they are so close to defeating the Dark Lord. All that had happened so far was delaying them, and maybe that was what the Death Eaters wanted.

Jisoo is not going to give them what they want.

As soon as her team leader had dismissed her, she turned her heel the other way and the plan had spawned in her mind before she could even steady her heartbeats or wait for the adrenaline rush of the chase to wear off.

She spots Jungkook at the other side of the aftermath, treating one of the injured Ministry employees that had been caught in between the scuffle earlier on. She scans her surroundings, but it seems nobody pays her much attention as everyone in the lobby was either tending to the wounded or were helping discard and clean up the mess she made.

She lowers her head. When she's by Jungkook's side, she drops her voice to a whisper and the sensation of her so close behind him sends shivers down his spine. He almost jumps in his own skin when she whispers in a lowered, brassy voice. "Meet me at the hall near the Office of Magical Transportation when you're done." Her words fly out of her lips. As soon as she's said them, she stands and walks away quickly without looking back at him.

Jisoo hides in the shadows of a small hallway that connected the Office of Magical Transportation to a small crossing that led to several other offices. Nobody would be passing by down here at this time where everyone was preoccupied up in the lobby and the rest of the Ministry was combing the background of employees for potential breaches in security. But just as an extra precaution, she flicks her wrist to dim down the flames of the torches.

Footsteps echo through the hallway not long after she had settled in the darkness and ambiguity of this area in the Ministry. Jungkook almost misses her when he passes by where she hides, but she grabs onto his arm and pulls him aside.

Startled, Jungkook raises his wand to her face, which irks her. "Put that away." She swats his arm to the side.

"So - sorry," Jungkook stammers, looking away from her steely gaze.

Jisoo rolls her eyes. "You know where the exact location for the next horcrux is, don't you?"

Jungkook remains stubborn in avoiding her eyes. But even as his face is partly covered in the shadows of the dimly-lit hallway, Jisoo can see and feel his hesitance. He lets out an unsure, "Yes?"

"Tell me where it is." Jisoo says, or more like, demands of him. To say that she was desperate at this point would be an understatement.

Jungkook glances at her, his hesitation turning into unease. But he still can't meet her eyes. "Why?"

The lie easily rolls out of her. "I want to know in advance so I can prepare for tomorrow. We have to strategize and think of the best way to handle the situation. Seulgi's out of sorts at the moment, and I haven't seen Jennie and Hoseok since earlier." She says in the most compelling voice she could muster. It wasn't all a lie, the bit about their other team mates were true. Seulgi was in no state to handle another hrocrux operation and the other two have been MIA since earlier.