The day was cool, but pleasant enough to be outside. A gleaming black Bentley was carefully maneuvering on the small streets of Haggard.
The driver of the sleek car was no other than The Great Skeleton Detective. His partner, Valkyrie Cain,was beside him but seemed to be lost in her own jumbled thoughts.
Ever since she had broken up with Fletcher, Valkyrie had felt some sort of regret, but not the kind of regret where you want that person back and would do anything for them. Not even close. The type of regret Valkyrie felt was purely for her own advantage. Fletcher was like a human taxi for crying out loud! And he provided a nice distraction. Not just for Valkyrie herself but to others as well.
You see Miss Cain here had been in relationships with men other than Fletcher. (Yes, Valkyrie was a two-timing skank.)
So if she was in a "relationship"with somebody then that gave Valkyrie the excuse of not being focused or not making it to certain places. But now she had no excuse. At least, not without her dirty little secret being revealed. Valkyrie needed someone who kept quiet and didn't know her friends. And it was always a plus for Valkyrie when the guys are good kissers...
While Valkyrie was collecting her thoughts, Skulduggery noted that she was being unusually quiet.
'Alright, instead of asking the obvious, I'm going to go over what I do know and going over the possible problems.' Skulduggery's thoughts went into case-solving mode. 'Valkyrie already told me about Darquesse so it can't be anything worse than that.' His mind took an unexpected turn and then before he could stop he thought about even worse things. 'Prostitution? Is she a stripper? Is she doing drugs? Argh, stop thinking about this!'
Skulduggery had enough of his sinful thoughts! Skulduggery forgot about Valkyrie and turned his focus to driving the car. But even Skulduggery couldn't help but wonder if his partner was still innocent.
"We're here!" Skulduggery announced in a cheery voice. They had arrived at the new Sanctuary. The building was bland, but still looked clean. Well, cleaner than the Sanctuary in Roarhaven at least.
"At least it's better than the other one, "Valkyrie grumbled. Skulduggery picked up on her sour mood and stopped the conversation at that.
The Children of the Spider were murdered last month. So that apparently, gave the remaining elders the right to move where they felt they were needed most. Erskine and Ghastly seemed more than glad to be able to move back to Dublin.
It was Skulduggery's job to find out why and how, the Children of the Spider were murdered. He had brought Valkyrie along to help him solve the case. Sometimes Valkyrie wasn't much help to Skulduggery, but he enjoyed having her there for his own amusement.
But now, Skulduggery had to go face Grand Mage Ravel and Elder Bespoke. 'Let's just hope this goes well...'
Though, Skulduggery knew that nothing ever went well.
Skulduggery seems perverted in my mind...
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