They arrived at the sanctuary in Roarhaven a little after midnight. It had started to rain, which had started to give Valkyrie something new to whine about. She hated the rain. Was absolutely sick of it, but that was just how life was. On bad days, you have rain. On good days, you have more rain. It was a constant that she had grown up with, but despite that, the precipitation was getting a little old.
Tanith was in the infirmary and Valkyrie was beside her. It felt good, to hold her best friend's hand and pretend that when she woke up, Tanith would be exactly how Tanith used to be. To be able to wake up and realize that the possession was nothing but a horrendous nightmare. One that made Valkyrie never want to sleep again.
In the other room, Valkyrie could hear low voices. She caught a bit of discussion; Ghastly was scolding Skulduggery for putting a bullet in his girl. Valkyrie almost grinned. Leave it to the Skeleton Detective to overdo things once again. Suddenly, the conversation hushed and Valkyrie could have sworn she heard "Darquesse."
They're talking about us. The omnipresent voice at the back of her head whispered. You could kill them all in one go and they know it. And yet, still they run their hideous little mouths behind your ba-
That's enough. Valkyrie thought, clamping her mental walls down as hard as she could. Lately, the entity in her head seemed to be growing more and more frequent, the constant hum of Darquesse becoming more and more dauntless as life progressed. It was starting to worry her.
"Valkyrie. Time to go." Skulduggery called.
Valkyrie shook her head, clearing her thoughts and stood. "Where are we going? Another mission?"
Skulduggery held his gloved hand out to her. "We're going home."
Sorry I haven't been around in a while. Prom is Saturday and so I've been prepping nervously for that. Wish me luck! Anyway, this was a book project for English and then I decided to post it (you know, two birds, one stone and all that) Also, don't forget to READ AND REVIEW!
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