Valkyrie Cain sat in her room and pondered. She didn't really know what pondered meant but she decided it was a fitting word for what she was currently doing, seeing as she was sitting at her desk with her chin in her hand.
"Why are you doing that? Is your chin falling off?" Skulduggery Pleasant asked, his velvet voice marred by sarcasm.
"No, I was just thinking..." Valkyrie grumbled, spining her chair around to face away from him.
"Are you sure? Your chin does have a habit of falling off..."
"That was one time!" Valkyrie muttered, her teeth gritted.
Skulduggery chuckled and let the silence live a few more moments. "So, what exactly are we waiting here for?"
More silence.
Skulduggery sighed and pushed off from the wall he was leaning against to step up to Valkyrie. "Valkyrie?" He said, wondering why his partner had grown so still. Skulduggery tapped her on the shoulder and Valkyrie Cain crumbled in to ash.
(Sorry it's so short, but it is just a prologue! More to come.)
