Chapter 25: Save her

(Leopold’s P.O.V.)

Jareth parks the van with no rush and my Sharks step out. They know they can’t help the fireman anyway, so there is no point in hurrying. Forcing us to come here is just a waste of our time. Firemen are already here and are doing their jobs, we can’t do much aside from watching them work, but Major Anderson insisted we came because; after the attacks to the Matrons and the subversive pamphlets many Bearers are getting, he wants us to be involved in everything related to these women and the Ministry of Females, even if all we can do is just showing up. So for today, my elite Unit is being wasted in a mere act of presence.

I walk along my Sharks and we stop at a prudent distance so we don’t get in the way of the firemen. I fold my arms across my chest and I look at the firemen trying to extinguish the flames with their hoses. Although I am pretty sure there is no way they can sav