Valkyrie cradled Alice close as Skulduggery drove them home.
"Why would she steal Alice?" Valkyrie asked quietly. Skulduggery turned his head to look at her. "I sincerely do not know, Valkyrie. But she did say when I tried to stop her..."
"Yes...?"
"She said, "Get away from my sister!" I don't know why though..."
Valkyrie seemed to shrink down into the seat. "She wants a sister."
"Yes. It does seem that way."
She sighed. Alice sighed too and Valkyrie smiled as her sister looked up at her.
"Who's so cute? Who's a little cutie pie? Yes you are! Yes you are!"
If Skulduggery had eyes, they would be rolling.
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Erskine Ravel walked up to Ghastly Bespoke, dreading what he had to tell him.
"Ghastly, can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure." he said, putting down his cup of tea.
"Well, you know the way Lord Vile defeated Melancholia?"
"Yes... why?"
"Do you know who Lord Vile really is?"
"This sounds like a joke..."
"Skulduggery is Lord Vile."
Ghastly paused, then laughed. "That is probably the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my life!"
Ravel glared at him. "Look at this then," he said, thrusting his phone into Ghastly's hand.
Ghastly looked at the picture and gasped. He flicked through them but there was lots.
Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant were fighting.
Valkyrie was flying and Skulduggery was taking off his armour.
Ravel nodded slowly. "I had the same reaction."
Ghastly looked up. "Skulduggery killed my mother."
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Rise of Darquesse (Darquesse Series Book 1)
Fanfiction*******THIS STORY IS SET AFTER DEATH BRINGER. CONTAINS SPOILERS!******* Skulduggery and Valkyrie face their most challenging mission yet... Kill Darquesse... aka Valkyrie... And it isn't going to be easy to do it, obviously. But with Tanith out to ...
