Chapter 161
Getting back to America was not fun, especially with Fletcher still an utter mess due to his heartbreak, but they got there safely. They would be in a little town for the first week on a stakeout mission. They had a small house Saracen had found them in town and at least three of them would be in an old, busy office block building in order to stare across the street at another building the American's believed a drug gang was dealing out of.
Valkyrie, Saracen and Anton were taking the first shift in the office. They went in quickly, dressed casually to avoid detection, and set themselves up in the office. Dexter, Tanith and Nadia would be going to a gym in the town over to train – that being, Dexter had been made the personal trainers of the girls.
Erskine, Fletcher, Ghastly and Laila were staying in the house they rented for the week.
And that was it. They rotated for the week, taking a few pictures of each person that came and went from that building, getting all their clients identified. Some of them were mortals, some of them were mages. Some of them were working there, some were suppliers of ingredients. They even spotted a group of other people come in and tracked that group as they left town and arrested them.
The American Sanctuary had been pleased, to say the least. It was a long and boring job but the week was filled with training, laughing, making a few arrests and stopping two pretty large drug rings in the area. They were able to get it all done in five days, giving them the weekend before Nadia and Valkyrie were set to go away for Nadia's birthday.
"What's your plans, then?" Dexter asked, a smirk firmly planted on his face.
"Sightseeing," Valkyrie told him nonchalantly. Erskine, Saracen and Ghastly were with them in the upstairs, boring beige bedroom. "Going out to meals, I want to go ice skating."
"Where are you going?" Ghastly asked more seriously.
"We're going to New York."
"Bit clique," Erskine commented, wrinkling his nose.
"Yeah, but Nadia really wants to go to the Natural History Museum there. It's her dream. And, you know, after the last few weeks, the last year, there's something I really want to do," she hinted at.
"Get laid," Dexter announced immediately.
"What?" She asked, having to hold in a smile after seeing the look of disgust Ghastly sent Dexter's way. "No. I mean, that is on the list, but that's not what I was saying."
"But you are going to get laid?"
"I assume so, yes," Valkyrie nodded, trying very hard not to laugh at Ghastly. He looked crushed.
"But what were you thinking of?" Saracen asked, eyes wide. He knew then. Valkyrie winked at him. "Valkyrie, I can't keep this a secret! Tell them!"
"I am, okay. I'm telling all of you. But you have to keep it a secret from Nadia, alright?" She said, and they all leaned in close. "Please don't get all, you know, worried about it."
"Worried about what?" Dexter asked, his massive grin giving away his excitement.
"Well. I think I might ask Nadia to marry me?" She asked.
The reaction was amazing. "Oh my god!" Erskine almost shouted and then clamped his hands over his mouth.
"Fuck!" Dexter laughed quietly.
"Be quiet guys! I don't want anyone to hear us! I mean, she might not say yes, she might want to wait a bit longer. And there would never be a wedding until her family and Skulduggery were back and stuff, and probably not until after this Spider business. I mean, I wasn't even going to ask until then."
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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...
