Until the end.

The return of the detective duo

The entire journey home, Skulduggery refused to let go of Valkyrie's hand, he didn't want to lose her again, no, he couldn't lose her again. Valkyrie also didn't want to let go of his hand, she didn't want to live without him anymore, not now she knew that he had felt the same way about her all those years, neither one doing anything about it for fear of being rejected, and risking their friendship, a bond that had grown so strong over the years they had known each other and would now only grow further, into a blossoming romance.
The Bentley, oh, how she'd missed his Bentley, and how he'd stroke the dash board every now and then when he thought she wasn't looking, making Valkyrie stifle a giggle, came to a halt outside of a large palace.
"Who's grand mage now, oh, I bet it's China, she's the only one who could enjoy a place like this enough to work there, honestly, I bet I'm going to get lost."
"Well, brilliant detective skills there, Val, China is Grand Mage. You must have had and amazing tutor. And I bet he was devilishly handsome too." Skulduggery joked. Valkyrie only leaned into his neck and activated his facade, a handsome face with hair as black as a crow's feathers, and emerald green eyes, pale skin and high cheekbones, with a smirk on his lips, she was close enough for him to be able to feel her breath on his neck. she kissed it, sucked and nibbled at it making a low groan come from Skulduggery and a purple mark to appear on his neck,
"Oh, he is the most handsome man I have ever met." And with that she jumped out of the car, desperate to find Ghastly and Tanith and Dexter and Saracen and Fletcher and Anton and Kenspeckle (A/N yes, he is also alive, you know what, just go with the story, ok?) and basically, everyone she had left behind when she had run away after admitting her feelings toward Skulduggery to herself.
She ran into the building, only to be stopped by Tipstaff. "Miss Cain, a pleasure to have you back. You're looking for the Dead Men, Fletcher and Tanith I presume."
"Yes Tipstaff. If you could point me in the general direction in which I need to be headed in order to meet with Elder Bespoke, Dexter Vex, Anton Shudder, Saracen Rue, Tanith Low and Fletcher Renn, I would be most delighted."
"Very well, Miss Cain." As Tipstaff began to give Valkyrie directions Skulduggery finally meandered into the room, grabbed Valkyrie by the elbow and dragged her away in the opposite direction in which Tipstaff was pointing her in (all without Tipstaff noticing, may I add) and pulled her into a supply closet.
"Skulduggery! What are you do-" Valkyrie began, but was cut off by Skulduggery's facade lips being pressed against hers.
"You do not, I repeat NOT, get to do that to me in the car, then leave me there alone. You may not have noticed, Miss Cain, but this is a full body facade and what you did to me in the car left me a little more than a bit, how do I say this, flustered. And you'd already gone so I had to take care of it by myself, if you know what I mean, man, I got some weird stares." All the while Skulduggery was talking about the problem he had had with his genitals in the car, Valkyrie had started laughing. "Oh, you think it's funny, do you? Well, let's see how you like it."
"Skulduggery, what are you, oh, oh god" Skulduggery's hand went straight to her trousers and he began rubbing. This went on until Valkyrie was a moaning mess. "Oh shit, Skulduggery" Then he stopped and walked out of the closet as if nothing had happened, leaving a very alone Valkyrie feeling as though she was in an infinite state of ecstasy that she needed to get down from. If you catch my drift.
She managed to find Skulduggery in the hall, or more, she managed to find the hall and Skulduggery just so happened to be there, he turned around, still with his facade on, that smirk still playing at his lips, but when his eyes set on Valkyrie, all sense of a smirk had gone. Valkyrie did not take kindly to what Skulduggery had done to her in that store room, so she had really gone all out this time. She had brought a bag of spare clothes with her from America and she had the bag with her when she was pulled into the closet by Skulduggery and so, she had decided to change. She put on a little, black dress that finished just below her bum, she had black heels on but was still wearing one of the leather jackets Ghastly had made for her. She had tied her hair up in a high pony tail and had refreshed her makeup. She was now wearing bright red lipstick and smokey eye shadow. Basically, she looked like Izzy from Shadow Hunters. Skulduggery's jaw dropped at the sight in front of him as she strolled towards him, her hips swaying the perfect amount to make Skulduggery drool. (sadly, he didn't, but he would've if he could've).
"Have you see a certain Elder Bespoke?" She asked innocently, although she was fully aware that everybody's eyes were on her, this made Skulduggery growl in jealousy and put a protective arm around her. Everybody immediately went back to eating, not wanting to anger the skeleton detective further.
"Follow me. He's in his study. So are the rest of the Dead Men. I told them I had something to show them."
Valkyrie followed Skulduggery, who was shooting evil looks to anybody that even dared glance in Valkyrie's general direction, to a small room. She opened to door, flung her arms out and shouted "SURPRISE!"
"Val! You're back! Hang on, why are you wearing that?" Asked Ghastly. Valkyrie wasn't sure if she should tell him about her and Skulduggery yet and so just simply said,
"I was at a club when Skulduggery found me, he basically kidnapped me and brought me back."
she turned around and winked at Skulduggery, only Tanith seemed to notice this and she thought better of it than to bring it up. After standing/sitting in an awkward silence for a few seconds, everybody got up and hugged Valkyrie, tighter than she had ever been hugged before. But she love every second of it. It was good to be home.