Skulduggery – Crow
Anton – Bear
Ghastly – Panda
Dexter – Wolf
Saracen – Weasel
Erskine – Snake
Solomon – Raven
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Chapter 68
Valkyrie sat with Tanith in Kenspeckle's hospital, holding her hand silently and waiting for the pain to recede after Kenspeckle had smooshed around her bones getting them back in place. It was an easy fix, thank goodness, but painful even with the leaves. Tanith was equally in pain, though hers was worse and she held it in so much better, though she was far more stressed than Valkyrie.
Everyone was healing slowly. Civet and Stentor had helped them all, got them all feeling a lot better with drinks and snacks and blankets and bright smiles, but so long as Panda was battling for his life under Kenspeckle's careful hands, none of them could relax.
Tanith closed her eyes and lay her head on her knees. "I don't feel well," she muttered.
"Do you want some leaves?" Valkyrie asked in concern. She had refused to take them but now her stubbornness was getting a bit stupid for Valkyrie's liking. "You haven't taken any yet."
She shook her head, making her pretty, dark blonde hair fall over her face. Valkyrie shuffled closer and put an arm around her.
"Can I do anything to help?" She whispered. "I won't ask any questions or anything."
"What makes you think I don't want to talk?"
"The fact you're not doing it," Valkyrie stated very, very quietly. They were alone in the ward but the door was open and the others were sitting silently just behind it. "You know you can trust me. I won't say a thing to anyone at all if you want."
"I don't have anything to hide," Tanith said moodily, looking away from Valkyrie.
Valkyrie bit her lip and decided not to bother her sister. They hadn't had the chance to really talk about her and Panda's relationship but Valkyrie knew – obviously and unfortunately – that they had gotten pretty serious with each other unless they were going for the opposite, completely fooling-around type of relationship, but she was sure Tanith hadn't wanted that.
She sighed internally. She'd been so wrapped her in her own slog of unhappiness she hadn't spent time with Tanith and now she didn't know what was going on with her relationship or emotions. She was turning into a bad sister and made a vow right then to be better.
Her stomach growled.
"I'm going to get something to eat. Do you want to come too? They're going to be at least an hour," Valkyrie told Tanith, standing but not letting her hand go. Tanith said nothing. "It might help you to get some fresh air."
Tanith sighed deeply but did get up. They left and went for a walk around to the shopping street and went into the little café they liked that stayed open really late. Tanith sat down at a table without saying a word so Valkyrie ordered her a milky tea and sandwiches and herself a panini and coffee. She sat down opposite Tanith with their drinks.
"Thanks," Tanith muttered. She rubbed her head. "I feel awful. I can't work out why."
"You mean other than the fact you were shot?"
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Raising Cain
Fanfiction(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...
