SOPE | Touch

112 ❆ "Why didn't you guys stop them?"

Fera ordered two guards to stand foot at Taehyung and Jimin's dorm room, and if they heard a sign of one of them being awake, to report to Fera immediately.

While they stood guard, she took the rest of them to her office, which had been Yang's before.

She knocked down the secret wall Yang had created, which made the office way bigger than it was before. She kept the steps to the secret library and just had a glass door there, since she had opened the "secret" library for students to come in and read the books that were there.

Fera had Malchin make copies of the book that explained things about witches and made it mandatory for students to read, so they knew what they were and weren't left in the dark like before.

The office walls were now a subtle gray color, with her mahogany desk pushed towards the middle of the back wall with enough space for her to walk in it to sit and out of it. She had four chairs set in front of the desk, with arrays of plant life and a book shelf in the corner. On the floor was a carpet that had the fire symbol on it, so it would represent Fera's element.

Fera was sitting in said desk, staring at Donghan, Jeongyeon, and Hayoon, almost scrutinizing them but not in a harmful manner; with the rest of the group standing behind them. She was just staring, thinking, and processing. When she was done doing so, she sighed, running a hand through her hair before looking at the Jeongyeon girl.

"You look an awful lot like Cashel," she commented while pointing at her, which had Jeongyeon chuckling with no amusement as she crossed one leg over the other.

"Because I am his daughter."

Fera raised an eyebrow, obviously surprised by the information she was just given, "Then why aren't you with him? Why didn't you go here?"

"Because my mother, whom you knew as Mrs. Eu, thought i'd fend better with Akane since she was one of the only people who knew Akane was back. So, when I was born, she gave me to Akane and Jiwoo, then Akane had the twins; i've been raised along side them ever since. My mom would come see me a lot, Cashel rarely did." Jeongyeon's eyes glossed over as she looked down at her fingers and muttered, "my mom visted me until Cashel let her get killed by that tramp."

Fera whistled in a low tune, muttering a yikes under her breath, which had Jeongyeon chuckling a bit. Fera gave her a small, sympathetic, smile afterward.

"I have a question," Fera began while adjusting herself in her chair, looking between the three but especially at Hayoon, "I can understand why your mother wanted vengeance against Akida, I can't imagine the pain she went through having to watch Joonwae die in front of her and then be brought back against her will," she put her hands up to signify she did, though she dropped them as she said, "what I don't understand is why Akane would kill the students in the Academy when they had absolutely nothing to do with it, half the kids here didn't even know about Akane and Joonwae and were toddlers when it happened."

Hayoon furrowed her eyebrows while shaking her head, "My mother wasn't the one that wanted to go after the academy and the students, Jiwoo did." her hands moved as she spoke, the others holding in sarcastic gasps.

Because they damn well realized that when Jiwoo tried to kill them all. If it wasn't for Yoongi and Hoseok they'd all probably be dead.

NamJoon scoffed, crossing his arms over his chest as he shook his head, "and you're telling me Akane couldn't tell Jiwoo no? She didn't seem like a pushover."

Donghan turned to glare at NamJoon, replying with a malicious grin, "That's exactly what we're telling you, you oversized egg."

NamJoon's expression morphed into an appalled one at the insult, he watched as Hayoon muttered for her twin to calm down before he starts something he knows damn well he wouldn't be able to finish.