Skulduggery – Crow
Anton – Bear
Ghastly – Panda
Dexter – Wolf
Saracen – Weasel
Erskine – Snake
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Note – much of this chapter is copied as I love the original and there is literally nothing I would change between the original and what I actually need for my fanfic. So I'm just stealing it for our joined pleasure of rereading it. Sorry, but not really ;)
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Chapter 18
The next day, after Valkyrie had let her reflection off to school, she got herself ready and went down to get breakfast, shooting off a "good morning!" text to her girlfriend as she stumbled sleepily along. Only Crow, who was taking a call outside, and Snake who had gone somewhere else for the night, was missing from the table. She got herself some cereal.
"How's the day going to go then?" She asked them, already in her 'serious mode'. She wanted her reward from Nadia!
Wolf answered her. "We'll be splitting up first. We don't trust him not to sneak into the country so, in pairs, we'll be going off to different places. Saracen and Anton will be going up to Northern Ireland, Ghastly and Erskine will go south, me and Skulduggery will go around an old haunt of his and you'll be at China's waiting for Tanith. They used to be close, China and Vengeous, but I doubt he'll get to her this morning. Tonight, eh, maybe."
Valkyrie nodded. "That sounds like a plan."
They all finished getting ready and Crow and Wolf dropped Valkyrie at China's right after they got a call from Bear and Weasel that a vampire called Dusk had been attacking Valkyrie's reflection and given it a syringe. They'd be taking the syringe to Kenspeckle later.
Valkyrie went up to China alone, texting Nadia with a smile as she learnt she'd convinced Mrs Keena to take her to get her hair and nails done after school. They'd been arguing about letting Nadia go to the reunion with Valkyrie for a little while but once Nadia had made Mrs Keena see she could spend quality time getting ready with her daughter and then go on a date with her husband, it had been a done deal.
Just as she got to the third floor, China was crossing to her apartment from the library. "Valkyrie," China said. "How nice to see you again, and so soon."
Valkyrie smiled. "I like your necklace."
"Hm, so do I. It cost two very fine men their lives. At times, I wear it to honour their sacrifices. Other times, I wear it because it goes with this skirt. Would you like to come in?"
"Sure," Valkyrie said and followed China inside. She closed the door after herself and looked admiringly around the apartment. The view alone was incredible but she was certainly attracted to China's sense of style.
"Any new developments?" China asked, picking up a stack of letters and rifling through them.
"Not especially, but Dusk, the vampire, attacked my reflection earlier." China looked at her to continue but she shook her head. "I don't know anything yet. Hopefully we'll know by tonight."
"Of course," she said indulgently. She sat at one of the beautiful armchairs and Valkyrie sat on the sofa opposite her, recognising the teasing spark in China's eye. "So, Detective Cain, how is Miss Robin?"
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Raising Cain
Fiksi Penggemar(This story is written as a fanfiction, but can be read as a story without having read any of the books.) Valkyrie Cain, the adoptive daughter of the Dead Men, has had a life full of love and magic. But as she gets older, times become scarier and sh...
