Skulduggery – Crow
Anton – Bear
Ghastly – Panda
Dexter – Wolf
Saracen – Weasel
Erskine – Snake
Solomon – Raven
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Dedicated to Lonelygirl703 once more.
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Chapter 74
Valkyrie cried almost hysterically in Wolf's arms in their office as he rocked her gently and stroked her hair. He muttered that it'd be alright, but all she could think was that Nadia was sick and she didn't know why, and that she missed her so, so much, and she loved her even more, and couldn't decide if she should go see her since she didn't have a phone or if she didn't want to see Valkyrie regardless of not having a phone.
It felt like one big punishment for something she barely even understood.
Corrival decided to join them and slammed the door shut behind himself. "What's this?" He growled loudly. "Which one of you lousy dick-bags made her cry?"
Valkyrie laughed a little through her tears and looked at him, sitting herself up. "It's not them," she told him, wiping her face roughly. "Nadia's father visited me to pretend to apologise and told me Nadia's sick."
He glared at her. "Well, none of this crying business in here, understand me? Either you go to Nadia and cry, or you suck it up and move on. Understand me? Good. Now, Skulduggery, what lead do you have?"
Valkyrie moved carefully onto her own chair and gave Wolf a grateful smile when he put an arm over her shoulders still. She'd be strong, which was what Corrival was trying to say. Nadia had to make the choice herself. If Valkyrie went to her, Nadia may never come to Valkyrie to apologise and work through their problems and Valkyrie didn't want to be the only one trying. Even if it did make her physically sick to think she might never come to her.
"I had a call from a woman in Roarhaven about a Russian man in a mask. He goes into a bar in the village several times a day and drives away in a black van. I believe he's Tesseract and whoever he keeps visiting is either a prisoner or his employer."
"Why'd he keep visiting an employer?" Weasel asked.
"My thoughts exactly. Someone hiring a professional killer like Tesseract wouldn't have him visit so often. I think he has a prisoner there, and if we go when Tesseract is gone we can break them out," Crow said. "When Tesseract realises what's happened, he'll try and kill us or flee, either way, we need to be ready to catch him."
"Agreed," Corrival said. "A killer like him needs to be held accountable. If we can catch his employer out at the same time, all the better."
"That's the hope. I want to have us spread around Roarhaven, and we'll watch for a time he's just left. He comes every few hours, so we must time it like that. Everybody needs to eat and prepare."
They nodded and Corrival gave his luck. He left after giving Valkyrie a pat on the shoulder.
"Cub," Wolf said quietly as they left to get some fast food. "Do you want to do this? You can go home and stay with Tanith if you want?"
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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...
