Okay so this is a definite Valduggery, so if you don't like that idea then don't read it. I do not own any of the characters or books.
Valkyrie woke to the sound of birds singing, and the warm sunlight streamed in through her window, warming her face.
None of it made her happy. 60 years ago her entire world was flipped upside down, and had remained there unchanging.
She slowly untangled herself from the sheets on her bed and sat on the edge, her feet lightly touching the cold floor. She rose stretching and took to her bathroom for a shower. As she undressed she couldn't help thinking how her life had become a monotonous routine ever since he left.
The first forty years were the hardest, she had hardly slept, ate or even left the Edgley house and grounds, and she had soon forgotten the outside world. She was utterly grateful for her best friend though.
Tanith had brought her groceries every week to keep her going, but often returned the next week finding the last week's groceries had hardly been touched. Tanith hated seeing Valkyrie like this.
It was as if all the emotion and passion she used to have had disappeared into the dead of the night, and had ceased to return.
"Val?!" …. "Vaaal?", Tanith walked up the stairs expecting the worst. She had expected to open Valkyrie's bedroom door to find her curled up in a ball sobbing in the corner, objects smashed on the floor, and the mattress flung across the room, like she did every morning. However something this morning was different. There had been no mess, the sheets and mattress were all intact. There were no more objects in the room because Valkyrie had broken them all.
"Val?" .. "I'm in the shower Tanith" Valkyrie called from the bathroom. "You can go into the study to read if you want".
"Okay Val I will in a mo but I'm going to wait to talk to you first" Tanith called back, but was met with silence. Tanith was used to Valkyrie hardly speaking any more.
At first it was strange. I mean like c'mon it's Valkyrie we are on about. She's stubborn and loud, full of passion for her job, her life and her friends and family.