Threads of Destiny (OEX) Chapter 388.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21188/...hapter-388
Also, First Times (HP/DC): First Rogues (Hers).
https://archiveofourown.org/works/462211.../145165807
Yrsillar Wrote:Bai Meizhen's gaze flicked over everyone as they rose to greet her. "It pleases me that our allies have extended this invitation to promptly put to rest the concerns of the Bai clan." Her voice was icy and formal. Ling Qi didn't blame her. She was not simply their friend now, but the representative of her clan.
"It pleases me that the Bai clan has accepted our Cai clan’s invitation to lay this matter to rest ere it becomes a grudge."
"For the rebellious fools which harmed your kinsman, I can only offer my deepest apologies and regrets." Meng Deming bowed low, his wide sleeves nearly sweeping the floor.
It hurt him to bow to a Bai, she could tell. But Meng Deming was not a man unwilling to swallow his pride for the sake of his clan.
Bai Meizhen regarded his back coldly, and she gestured for the others with her to sit. "I hear your words, and I acknowledge that these were the actions of rebels."
Ling Qi felt some relief at that statement given the famous intractability of the Bai clan. Meizhen must have worked hard to be able to make that acknowledgement.
"But a price must be paid all the same," Bai Meizhen continued, sitting down, allowing the rest of them to do so as well. "There are living prisoners. Once you have wrung the information from them, the Bai clan would like to receive no less than three to be made examples of in their punishment and execution. We will, of course, give a binding oath to seek no cultivation secrets and to destroy the bodies afterward."
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/21188/...hapter-388
Also, First Times (HP/DC): First Rogues (Hers).
tealruby Wrote:Hermione’s had a span of peculiar occurrences recently. Not her, to be honest; technically Green Lantern’s had them. An attack here, an enigma there, simply more unrelated items amidst a multitude in her new job. Except they’re not so unrelated. And now the separate pieces are all coming together, and they’re all aimed at her. Get ready, Green Lantern. Time for rogues, only this time they’re all yours. And they aren’t alone.
Some deep, organising power…
https://archiveofourown.org/works/462211.../145165807