go off • taegan

She'd thought about asking her father if he'd had any part in staying her disciplinary hearing. She didn't think a week's suspension was the department's first choice, considering the sort of press circulating the Ministry in recent years. The last thing they needed was a bull in a china shop, and her boss reminded her of that fact at least once a day since what Taeg had taken to referring to as "the incident." The MoM needed to win back the hearts and the faith of the people.

Taeg would never say it out loud, but she wasn't sure the Ministry had her faith--and maybe that was the problem. If she had faith that justice would be served, that the law was fair and distributed evenly, that bad people would not be allowed to continue doing dangerous things, surely she wouldn't feel the need to take situations into her own hands? Surely the law would educate, and make those people see how their actions threatened the community around them?

She suspected her father's opinions on the matter, especially after what happened to Thomas, but Taegan never asked for them and he never volunteered them. He respected that his daughter, a mere mid-level employee within the Ministry, did not always have the luxury of opinions. But that did not necessarily mean that he would not let his influence trickle along his network of friends and contacts until it found its way to Taegan.

But surely, he would respect that line too, wouldn't he?

No, this was definitely thanks to Clay and his quick thinking. Taegan was friendly but Clay was charming. And he was witty, and had a habit of looking at Taegan like she was a puzzle to solve. And Luca looked at her like he was waiting for her to flip the puzzle table over and get beer all over the puzzle pieces. That's who Taegan was without Thomas.

Taegan didn't say any of that out loud though. She just snorted. "I sure hope they don't just keep me around for my ass," she said. "That's an entirely separate hearing."

353 words . LUCA KENWAY . how did you even find the last post when i tagged the wrong character lmao .