Chapter 128
On the ride back, Valkyrie took some deep breaths and took some dangerous routes to scout ahead and double back on the car repeatedly. It was unnecessary – Mrs Keena and Mr Vinay seemed to have given up for the time being. But the more she stewed on it in her head, the more irritated she got at the mess of a fight that had been. She got the gates open and followed the car through, glancing in her mirror to make sure no one slipped in. They didn't. She was just feeling a little paranoid.
Valkyrie opened the car door and Nadia jumped into her arms.
"Hey, it's alright," Valkyrie soothed, gently nudging Nadia into the house. The men sat in the living room and Tanith's smile faded from where she was waiting for them. "Are you hurt?"
"No," Nadia sniffed and discretely wiped her eyes. "I'm fine. I just can't believe they did that."
"I mean, they did come here," Valkyrie said, and then regretted it when she got an offended look. "Well, they did."
Nadia pouted. "I know. I just didn't think they'd try and get me where people could see."
"They're getting desperate," Anton said from his place of the sofa next to Tanith.
"What happened exactly?" Solomon frowned.
Valkyrie and her family took the next ten minutes explaining some of the more specific things he had missed concerning Nadia and her parents. He listened carefully.
"I see," he said slowly. "How many more days until they leave?"
"They didn't say an exact day," Nadia said, sounding much calmer. "But I imagine it's within a week, maybe just a few days."
"Hmm," Solomon thought. "Perhaps it might not be utterly appropriate to suggest considering how upsetting this must have been for you, but you may want to think about retrieving your possessions from your parents' home if you plan on living at Valkyrie's home. If they plan on leaving with you, they may choose to ship everything to India in advance, or else throw it away so they don't have to bring it to the new house."
Nadia sunk into the sofa. "What if it's already gone?"
"Then I'm certain Valkyrie can deal with that," he said with a smirk, looking at Valkyrie. Valkyrie blushed. "However, it may be best to try if you have anything you desperately want to keep. You likely can't retrieve everything but you could get what's most important."
"They have my passport," she said after a moment, looking up at Valkyrie.
"We'll go get it, don't worry," Valkyrie smiled comfortingly. "What time is it?"
"Just gone five," Tanith supplied.
"Alright. Look, it's been a long day. Let's get your stuff tomorrow. I'm sure Saracen can help us, right?"
"Sure," he shrugged.
"It'll be a breeze. What really matters right now is what are we having for dinner?"
"Don't care," Tanith said, giving them free rein.
"I vote Nadia cooks!" Erskine said, shooting a hand in the air. "Who thinks Nadia should cook?"
All the men and Tanith, except Solomon, put their hands in the air.
"Nadia makes good food," Dexter grinned, giving Nadia a wink.
"Fine, fine," Nadia smiled back, a blush on her face. "But Valkyrie has to help."
The two girls went through into the kitchen alone. At first, Nadia went around finding all the things she wanted to use for her dish, and when she was ready, she sighed and leaned on the counter.
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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...
