Chapter 159
Valkyrie's POV
"Hey," Valkyrie smiled softly. Nadia smiled up at her from the sofa at Kenspeckle's hospital. "You doing okay?"
Her girlfriend didn't answer, just stood slowly and wrapped her arms around Valkyrie. She held her back. Valkyrie had just gotten to Kenspeckle's. "I missed you."
"I know, I was really worried about you," Valkyrie whispered into Nadia's hair. "I'm sorry it took me so long to get here."
"It's okay," Nadia nodded into Valkyrie neck. "It's not your fault. How do you feel?"
"I'll be fine," she smiled, pulling back. She was aching all over and wanted nothing more than to go home to Gordon's and sleep. "Laila took it really well. When we got back to the house in America she had a bottle and nappy change, I switched her clothes and she slept. I took a bath with a healing stone and it really helped."
"I'm glad. You still have to get checked though," Nadia smiled, some stress leaving the edges of her eyes. "I don't want you packing up on me now."
"Packing up on you?" Valkyrie grinned. "Who have you been spending time with?"
"I don't know," she whispered, closing her eyes and leaning against her again. "I'm tired, okay? I want to go to bed."
"Lie down then. I'll be back later and we'll talk."
"Is Laila okay?"
"I already gave her to Tanith, and Fletcher's good too. Kenspeckle will be pretty mad when he realises he teleported to get me though," Valkyrie smiled sadly. Fletcher had been in more than a bit of pain and heartbreak, Valkyrie felt really bad for him. "Go on, lie back down. I'll see you in a few hours and it'll be a new day. I promise."
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The morning after Valkyrie got to Ireland – a good seven or eight hours after everyone else because of how bad Fletcher's wounds had been – was a whole lot better. The familiar smell of the hospital, the noise of the doctor's bickering with Civet and Stentor, the light breathing and talking of her family. She realised quickly that Nadia had procured a bottle of baby blue nail varnish and was painting Valkyrie's toenails. She smiled, laughed softly, and sat up.
"Morning, baby," Nadia smiled tiredly.
"Good morning. Did you sleep at all last night?" She asked.
"I slept loads, I just feel like shit anyway," she shrugged with a smile. "I didn't have any bad dreams though."
"Good." Dexter had already phoned her last night and in their long chat while he waited for his surgery for the bullets he had acquired, he had told her that Nadia had to sit in a room watching her get tortured, then her escape to Ireland via Fletcher and had no idea what had been happening for hours. It must have been really hard for her. "Do you know if we've had word from any of the Sanctuaries yet?"
"Irish have called. Elder Deuce and Grand Mage Meritorious were really concerned and said they'd back you guys up no matter what. They said since me and 'the baby' were involved and the fact the American's have already started looking for a spy gives them enough grounds to ask for you to stay here again. But they also said that America probably won't like that, and then Dexter and Solomon got into a pretty heated debate about doing what was right for our country and family in both politics and tactically. I didn't understand much of it, but I don't think they made a decision," Nadia relayed. "I get the feeling they're going to wait until everyone's better and then ask you what you want to do."
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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...
