Skulduggery – Crow
Anton – Bear
Ghastly – Panda
Dexter – Wolf
Saracen – Weasel
Erskine – Snake
Solomon – Raven
Corrival – Pa
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Chapter 91
Hair curled and held back a little with a sparkly headband much like a tiara, a gorgeous peach and gold dress and some flat golden shoes, Valkyrie was ready for the night. She was stunning and looked her age, somewhere between a mature teenager and young adult.
The dress was a trumpet style and hugged her body beautifully and had several layers of peachy lace over a golden sheath of a dress. It was simple in that it was just coloured fabric and some pretty lace, but the body hugging top half brought out all the womanly curves and the flow of the bottom had a hint of young and fun in it. The dress zipped up at the side and hugged her perfectly and was absolutely incredible to wear as well as look at.
Tanith helped with her makeup by giving her dark brown and golden eyelids, a dark blush and a shimmery pink for the lip. It was simple but the darker colours made her look a little harsher, a little older, more capable, more womanly, but without ageing her, aided massively by the headband and very slightly padded bra. That's what Tanith said anyway.
Tanith had a deep blue dress with a slit down the side and a low front. It was also simple and showed off her baby bump which growing nicely each and every week. Tanith had phoned her parents earlier to tell them and it was a good job because there was no doubt Tanith was both sexy and pregnant in that dress.
When they asked Panda why he had chosen the styles, he said it was because every other dress he made was dramatic and a lot of them were ballgowns. They would stand out as much more sophisticated looks, and many people had gone for greens, yellows and reds instead of gold, peach or blue, so once more they would stand out from the crowd.
Plus, he had made sure to give them the best materials and best everything else, so they truly would be the stars that night.
"I was going to make you a teal dress, Valkyrie," he explained. "But I thought a lighter colour would blend just enough to be less easy to spot in the crowds by watching eyes than a brighter colour."
She had agreed. The whole reason they wanted this party in the first place was so she could talk to Nadia and if she stuck out too much from the crowd she'd never get her way. Plus, she loved the dress anyway.
She went downstairs to meet the men with Tanith. Crow had gone to collect Raven as a formal date – he'd gotten Raven a small, thin bracelet made of gold as a gift for the man. It was surprisingly masculine in look and Valkyrie expected he'd like it. Crow himself was wearing a tuxedo with a deep blue waistcoat, peachy tie and gold cuffs. In fact, they were all in black tuxes, it was just the waistcoats and accessories that varied.
Wolf had no waistcoat and a peach bow tie left undone, Weasel had a peach waistcoat and no tie, Snake had a deep gold waistcoat with swirls of peach and a matching bow, Bear had gone for a black waistcoat and tie, but the buttons of the waistcoat and fastened suit jacket were gold with a subtle peachy thread, and finally, Panda had a dark golden waistcoat and a blue tie.
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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...
