My Fate: My Twisted Fate

Chapter 16

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"I was wondering...'Morrigan started as Skulduggery pulled out onto the road,' could you drop me off at Ghastly's?"

Skulduggery glanced at her through the rear-view mirror. 

"You've been seeing an awful lot of him lately."

Morrigan frowned at him. "He's my friend. Why wouldn't I see him?" She raised her eyebrows at him and laughed. "You think I actually DO like him, don't you?"

She poked Valkyrie in the shoulder. "That's your fault, you know. Giving him ideas like that."

Valkyrie shrugged. "I'm not sorry."

"Alright. I'll pick you up later and take you back to Gordon's place."

"No need." Morrigan said quickly. "I'm sure you two are busy. I'll just get Ghastly to drop me off, or I'll just stay there. Whichever is easier."

Skulduggery didn't respond, but Morrigan could feel him watching her. 

She felt really uncomfortable. She knew he knew she was lying. He was a detective, of course he knew she was lying. 

He just couldn't catch her out. 

She decided she needed to be careful tonight going back to China's.

Skulduggery dropped Morrigan off at Ghastly's, telling her to call him if she decided she wanted a lift. 

She didn't know how she would since she didn't have a phone, but she said she would. 

She watched as they drove away and then went in to see Ghastly.

He was at a table, mending something that resembled a jacket, when she found him.

"Hey, Ghastly."

"Morrigan. How are you? Anton left this morning, didn't he? How are coping with that?"

Morrigan had told Ghastly had she felt about Anton. She needed to talk it out with someone, and Ghastly seemed like the best person for it.

"Coping. Turns out he feels the same way, by the way."

Ghastly turned, raising his eyebrow. "He told you this?"

"Not exactly." She sat down next to him and couldn't stop the grin spreading across her face. "He kissed me last night. I told Valkyrie. I don't think she's going to tell Skulduggery. If she was going to, she wouldn't have snuck away with me when she found out."

"Let's hope Skulduggery doesn't found out." Ghastly laughed. 

Morrigan would often get confused about his odd comments about Skulduggery. 

She figured it was because he knew Skulduggery better than she did, so he got the jokes.

"Hey, can I ask you something?"

"Hmm? Sure. What's that?"

"What is 'The Dead Men'?"

Ghastly stopped what he was doing and looked at her. "Where did you hear that?"

"Skulduggery and Valkyrie took me with them to see China Sorrows today." She barely could say the woman's name without getting mad. 

"I mentioned Anton to her, and she said something odd. 'You're certainly getting to know members of the Dead Men', or something like that. What did she mean?"

He sighed and turned until he was facing her fully. "It's a long story, and unfortunately I don't have the time to tell it today."

"Please, Ghastly. Just a little bit. Like, what is it?"

He searched her eyes, but she had no idea what he was looking for. 

He sighed again. Heavily this time. 

"It was like a military unit. We were called the Dead Men."

Morrigan tilted her head. "We?"

Ghastly smiled at her. "Yes. We. Me, Anton, Erskine Ravel, Dexter Vex, Saracen Rue and Skulduggery."

Morrigan eyes widened. "Skulduggery?"

Ghastly held her hands. "Yes. Before he died, as well as after."

Morrigan frowned and shook her head. "I showed him my dream where I had heard someone say, 'he's one of the Dead Men', but he said nothing to me about it. Why wouldn't he say anything?"

"Perhaps it was too painful for him."

She was quiet for a long time. Ghastly went back to mending the clothes on the table, glancing at her every so often. 

She didn't get it. Why wouldn't Skulduggery say anything? What was so painful?

Finally, she looked at the time and nearly jumped out of her skin.

"I have to go. I...meeting Skulduggery somewhere and he's driving me back to Gordon's. Thank you, Ghastly." She hugged him and left the shop quickly. 

It was already six thirty, and she didn't know how she was going to get to China's.

She started walking in that direction thinking. 

Suddenly, she stopped. She grinned. 

Morrigan found a dark alleyway and looked around. Nobody was around. 

Good.

She became invisible and then tried to remember how she made her wings appear. She did the same action as she did earlier, but nothing happened.

"Hmm. Please, please." She whispered. "I need to speak to that woman. She has answers."

She felt something tug at her back and she glanced over her shoulder. The wings had appeared again, but they weren't the flame wings. These were soft and fluffy. They were white, with gold swirled through them; the colour of innocence.

She smiled. 

"Thank you." She whispered. "Now let's go get some answers and try not to be seen."

She flapped the wings a couple of times, then as though they knew the urgency, lifted her off the ground and carried her towards China's apartment.