Skulduggery – Crow
Anton – Bear
Ghastly – Panda
Dexter – Wolf
Saracen – Weasel
Erskine – Snake
Solomon – Raven
Corrival – Pa
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Chapter 102
"Can I borrow the car?" Valkyrie asked Wolf quietly.
He was sat on the edge of his bed delicately because Weasel and Snake had fallen asleep in it. He sighed quietly, grabbed his keys and came out of the room, shutting the door quietly behind him. "What do you need the car for?" He asked.
She walked with him down the stairs. "Nadia said I could visit her. She's going to pull me through the window."
Wolf snorted and grinned. "She isn't strong enough."
"I am not fat."
"She's still not strong enough."
"How dare you. For your insult, I require the car keys," she said.
He pulled the keys for Gordon's old car that the Idiots commandeered most days and handed them over. "It's your car anyway. We need to get you a real licence."
"I just need to take the test," she shrugged. "You and Tanith taught me to drive everything. I can even drive a van with no back window, so I think I'm good enough to pass."
"I'm not disagreeing, just saying it would be more legal like that," he smiled.
"Legal smegal," she grinned, opening the garage door.
"Hey," he said suddenly and she turned back to him. "Are you sure you're alright?"
She shrugged. "As alright as I can be."
"I mean to see Nadia," he said softly. "I know you're older now and you can make your own decisions, but I'm your brother. I just want to make sure you're not going to rush into something."
She bit her lip. "I'm not going to, like, jump right on her as soon as I get there if that's what you're thinking."
He breathed a laugh. "I didn't think that. It's just that some people, after a traumatic experience like yours, go out and have sex to feel better. Which is fine for some people, but you're my sister. I'd rather bundle you up with hot chocolate than let you do things on impulse."
She hugged him tightly. "Thank you for thinking about me. But be real. Even without me feeling bad, I haven't seen Nadia more than once since we got back together, and she's stressed as hell at home, and she hasn't eaten properly since the Ball. What do you think this bag is full of?"
"A change of clothes?"
"No. It has leftovers, biscuits and snacks. I'm getting fast food on my way to hers too," she said. "I was worried for a while that she wasn't eating because she was getting an eating disorder, and I had no idea how to even talk to her about it, but she said she's really is hungry and wants to eat, so she'll be fine. Right?"
He hugged her tighter. "I hope so. Nadia's a good girl. With you helping her, I bet she'll get better in no time."
"I hope so," she smiled and pulled away. "I'll see you later, or tomorrow."
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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...
