"What do you mean she's not there"
"Skulduggery, calm down"
"I'm going to kill them"
"Skulduggery listen"
But he was gone.
It had been 24 hours since she had gone missing. Sitting in the police station Melissa looked over to Alice, her daughter was peacefully playing with her teddy bear completely oblivious to the disappearance of her older sister.
Skulduggery had just left, as soon as he found out she was missing he had gone cold. It was terrifying, she knew he would do anything to find Valkyrie but that was what scared her.
Dexter picked up the letter, it had fallen out of Skulduggery's pocket when he had stormed out only moments ago. Saracen had gone after him but they knew that wouldn't be enough. Last time Valkyrie had got hurt he had killed, know that they didn't even know if she was dead… It was too horrible to think about what he might do.
Dexter went over to the armchair and sat down, it had been a while since he had been back here. The sanctuary was not his favourite place but it was safe and that was all they needed.
"Tanith come here", he called. She walked over, a worried look on her face.
"She's still not answering, Dex, this isn't good"
"I know", he replied," But look at this"
Tanith took the letter out of the envelope, "No", she gasped," They wouldn't. But wait, this is Skulduggery's."
"Yeah", said Dexter, "Do you think he's gone to find them? Does he even know who it is?"
"We need to find him"
They ran out of the room, Tanith clutching the letter. Dexter rapidly typing numbers into his phone, bringing it up to his ear as he ran.
They found him staring out at the sea, hovering slightly above the waves, just out of reach.
Saracen was calling out to him when they arrived.
"We found the letter Skulduggery", Dexter shouted.
Skulduggery turned round. Even though they couldn't tell his expression, the pain in his voice was imminent."They warned me, they said people I loved would get hurt", he said, floating slowly back to the beach. Stumbling slightly as he touched the ground.
"Who? What letter?" Saracen asked, confused.
"Here, read it", Dexter handed over the letter and Saracen gasped.
"Is that Valkyrie?" he exclaimed, fear spreading over his face.
"No", Skulduggery replied," But it will be, soon"
"You have to explain it all to us, now", Tanith stated, anger clear in her tone.
"I know, I should have told you it was just… I…It was a couple of weeks ago and…"