Children of Lilith || YoonSeok

N I N E T E E N

M - Y - G
New York City, U.S.A
May 2018

Min Yoongi opened the portal, Jungkook and Alec stood about a pace behind him. Alec was the only one who had been where they wanted to go, so he stepped forward and the other two both rested their hands in his shoulders, allowing him to lead them.

They walked into the Consul's office, the woman behind the desk the same as the woman who had been on the screen from yesterday. She stood.

"Welcome, please sit, tell me everything about this warlock we need to free." She says. They are all seated, Yoongi directly in front of the Consul. "Name. Crimes. Everything."

"He introduced himself to me as Hoseok Jung, though it is my understanding that he was introduced to shadowhunters he went by the surname Ahn, and his actual surname is Won." Yoongi starts. The Consul simply nods.

"He came into my care after he showed up in Daegu. I took him in, something I don't usually do, and soon found out he struggles with his magic. And it appears that that has gotten him in trouble in the past where he has harmed mundanes. Whether he killed them or not is a question we haven't had answered.

"He was arrested after being wrongly acused for murdering a mundane a few days ago, something that happened in selfdefence from a different downworlder that we are handling within out system in Daegu." He explains. The Consul nods.

"Do you know how he was to be tried?"

"As far as I am aware, it was by Soul Sword." Yoongi says. Alec and the Consul both nod, Alec in agreement, the Consul in understanding.

"Then he has already been tried. Soul Sword trials are only done every so often, and there was one since his arrest." She explains. Yoongi feels his heart plummet, then his mind screams in confusion to his heart reaction.

"Then, how do we get him back?" Yoongi asks. The Consul smiles.

"We simply get him, and we'll need to make sure that he says under the Soul Sword that they were accidents and that he didn't kill them." She explains. That sounded easy. In theory.

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J - H - S
City of Bones, Idris
May 2018

He was weak.

It had been who knows how long since he last ate.

Last drank.

Last saw sunlight.

The visions he saw of him hurting people had recently been almost only of him hurting Yoongi. And for some reason...

That hurt more.

Hoseok was sat with his back against the wall, one leg out flat, the other bent slightly. His eyes were open and he was staring at the floor, his tears had long run out.

Hope was lost, gone, out. The Silent Brother had been back a few times. Hoseok supposed that he would return soon, and he was right.

The Silent Brother opened the door to Hoseok's cell, walking in. Hoseok's eyes flew wide as he saw the hooded figure making his way closer, his knees raising and tightening against his chest.

"Please. Please don't." Hoseok asked, his voice hoarse and dry, but the Silent Brother walked forward.

"You have gained guilt only from this." He says. Hoseok supposed that just now, it didn't make much sense. And the pictures returned.

The pen incident, but instead of the wall the pen stabbed into Yoongi's throat.

And that was just one. There were so, so many more pictures.

Hoseok screamed, begging the Silent Brother to stop but - like the times before - it was to no avail.

The Silent Brother continued.