a/n I would like to mention that I do not own Divergent just a few of the characters are mine.
For about ten minutes I am just frozen. The ice-cold leader of Erudite was currently on the floor crying over someone she loved. And a woman? I am not an expert on Erudite customs, but I know enough to know that this would be greatly frowned upon. Procreation was the only reason that Erudites would get together and since two women couldn't procreate it would simply be a distraction from work. I couldn't help but wonder how long this secret relationship had been going on. Looking at the distress it had caused Jeanine and the way Carla had spoke to her before her untimely demise would indicate that it was no fling.
After being stuck in thought for so long I thought that maybe Jeanine could benefit from someone trying to comfort her, so I slowly approached and kneeled beside her. I slowly started to place my hand on her back and she tensed up at the first sign of contact. She didn't like to be touched ok.
"Hey." I said soothingly "It's going to be ok."
I tried to put my hand on her back again and this time she accepted it. We sat there like that for about five minutes until a few of Evelyn's lackeys came to take away Carla's body.
"Wait." Jeanine spoke up hoarsely.
She ran over to her body and took what looked like a locket off from round her neck. I would have to ask about that later.
Turns out I wouldn't need to. Jeanine came back over to where I was sitting and opened the locket. When I looked over her shoulder I could see a small family picture with Jeanine, Clara and their, child? Perhaps I would have something to ask about after all. Jeanine clasped the locket round her neck and held onto it.
"What am I going to tell Emily?" It was barely a whisper. I would not have heard it if I wasn't so close to her that I could smell her minty breath. Still got the Erudite hygiene, even in prison.
So, the child's name was Emily? I would have never thought that the cold and calculating Jeanine Matthews would be a mother. Who was going to look after Emily now? One mother had just died ad the other was facing a life sentence of torment or possibly even execution. This was an even bigger mess then I thought it was.
a/n This is ridiculously short and so was the previous chapter so sorry about that. The next chapter is going to be a prequel and hopefully that will be longer. Thanks for reading.