Chapter 133
Valkyrie went home with Nadia that evening after some persuasion by Tanith and with the knowledge that Ghastly wasn't there to get in Tanith's way. Tanith's parents were staying the night and after Valkyrie had debriefed Tanith's brother on the naming situation, he'd been all for helping keep the peace, especially because he thought the name was adorable. So, home she went. Nadia had been at the door for her when she got there.
"I love you," she muttered into Valkyrie's shoulder immediately.
Valkyrie breathed in the scent of Nadia's hair. "I love you too baby. You mean everything to me."
"You're being silly," Nadia smiled, a blush coming to her cheeks. "I made some cakes. And Fletchers eating them all, you need to save them."
Valkyrie laughed and put an arm over Nadia's shoulder as they went for the kitchen. She was starving!
"Hey Val," Fletcher said, mouth full of cake. "How's Tanith?"
"She's fine, and so is the baby. She's so beautiful."
"Aww, cute," Fletcher said, then picked up a cupcake. "Want some cake?"
Valkyrie took it from him. "How are you and Myra?"
"I'm good. Myra's at uni at the moment, so I have some free time."
"So you spend it eating cake. I like that. How's work?"
"Insane. The Sanctuary has me teleporting back and forth all over the place. I keep getting offers from other Sanctuaries too, and Corrival said I have to tell him about them all and that takes up, like, all my spare time," he said, shrugging at the end. "It's all good though. Really good money."
"Well, that's good then," Valkyrie smiled, then complimented Nadia on her cake making. "Do you know where the guys are?"
"I don't know. Probably asleep though, since you were all at the hospital last night," he said.
"Wow Fletcher. That was one of the most observant comments you've ever made," she teased, giving him a wink when he gave her a salty look.
He cleared his throat before answering. "Yeah, well, I'm not incompletely incompetent, as you'd say. Tell Tanith congratulations for me."
"Will do. See you later," Valkyrie smiled and she and Nadia went off in search of the men, who ended up being upstairs. Dexter, Saracen and Erskine were spread over Erskine's bed like sardines and Anton was fast asleep on the sofa, a cushion covering his face for whatever reason.
"Hey guys," Valkyrie grinned brightly, opening the curtains.
There was groaning around the room as the four men complained about the bright light, getting even worse when Anton flung the pillow straight between Erskine's legs. Nadia had to cover her face to hide her laugh.
"Come on, time to get up! Don't you want to know what the baby name is?!" Valkyrie asked them, and they were all sitting up moments later. "It's Laila Marianna Edgley!"
"Aww, that's cute!" Erskine said.
"Why'd she get your last Chosen name?" Dexter asked Valkyrie. "Didn't think Ghastly would go for that."
"Well, Ghastly didn't was a hyphenated name with Tanith, and Tanith said she wouldn't have just Bespoke or just one of them when the baby is part of them both, so they started fighting about it and I said they'd have to choose something more neutral. They decided on Edgley since they both like me and Gordon. Plus, she's going to change it in ten to twenty years from now."
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Skulduggery Pleasant: Raising Cain
Fanfic(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...
