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Fletcher POV

Lately the peace and quiet has been nice, not being hunted or chased. For once I actually felt normal, living in an apartment with a part time job, staying in one place for more than a day, and actual gourmet food. Yeah life was good, but it was missing one thing and she was miles away. I haven't heard anything about her, like she disappeared from humanity, the only real girl I've ever really loved. Valkyrie probably didn't care much for me, but she knew I had feelings for her. Which skeleton boy had to hear and nearly chew my head off, so I was forced to keep my distance from Valkyrie.

The tiny knock on my door, stirred my thoughts. I stood and casually walked to the door, there was a girl. Long, flowing black hair, a gentle smile, and kind eyes all stared up into my face. Valkyrie.

"Can I come in?" She asked slowly.

"Certainly, as long as you don't have any friends with you." I added with a quick glance down the hall, "Come on."

She slipped inside and moved to the old sofa, "Can we talk?"

I nodded and joined her on the couch, "You can tell me anything."

"You want me to WHAT?" She screamed.

"Just really quick and then I'll help." I tensed up as Valkyrie moved closer.

"I don't think so." She teased, twirling her hair.

I pulled her closer, until she was directly sitting on my lap, "Come on, please."

Valkyrie slipped her hand behind my neck and pushed me down onto the couch. I grabbed her neck and pulled her lips onto mine, a perfect fit. Her lips were smooth and silky, I moved my tongue to them begging for entry. Surprisingly she agreed and began moaning as I moved down her neck kissing it slowly, but vigorously. She sat up gasping before returning to kissing me, we rolled onto the floor and I landed on top. Her shirt sagged a little, uncovering a pearly white bra.

I continued to kiss her until she pushed me off, "Too far." She hissed.

I had begun to remove her pants. Shit, she's right. I kissed her forehead and apologized softly in her ear, before standing up and helping Valkyrie to her feet.

I smiled, "Thanks, I'll help now."

She glared, "Ass."

"Why thank you, my dear." I slipped from the room into the hall closet.

"Your ego is surprisingly close in size to Skulduggery's." She added.

"Not sure whether that's a complement or…" My mind wandered off in thought.

"In my opinion it's not a good thing." She sneered.

"So I'm an egotistical bastard?" I questioned.

"Calling you a bastard implies you're a guy, so no you're an egotistical bitch." She came up behind me and whispered in my ear.

"So, you technically you just made out with a girl." I teased.

She cursed under her breath, "It's a good damn thing you're cute."

"I know." I smirked and kissed her cheek.

Valkyrie POV

I kissed- no made out with Fletcher. What was I thinking, am I stupid? I went behind Skulduggery's back, just like that, I might as well have told Skulduggery I was going to kill him before stabbing him in the back. I watched as Fletcher took off his shirt, to reveal a six-pack, and then proceeded to watch me staring at him. I turned away my face obviously blushing, and noticed the sofa slump down next to me. He was still shirtless, of course, and he had a satisfied grin on his face.

"Like what you see?" He stretched to put an arm around me.

"Put that arm down or I swear I will break it." I hissed.

"I can give you more," He paused, realizing he had hurt me, "I mean an actual living person. I can give you more than the skeleton."

I looked up at him tears threatening to spill, "Shut up!"

He moved in closer and brushed hair from my face, "I'm sorry, but you know I'm right. Think about will you?"

"Put a shirt on, and get out of my sight." I said calmly through clenched teeth.

Fletcher's eyes began to water and he slowly sulked over to his room, and closed the door. I felt horrible, but I he knew I had feelings for Skulduggery. I know I love Fletcher too, but I couldn't hurt Skulduggery that much. It would tear him apart and not to mention the guilt I will have to live with. Fletcher returned to the hall and gestured to the door, I stood up and took his hand in mine and opened the door to leave.

Unfortunately we were greeted by an unlikely friend, Billy-Ray Sanguine, "Hello, sweetie. Oh I love double catches, now come with me quietly. We wouldn't wanna make a scene, would we?"

I looked at Fletcher, panic raging in his eyes, "Not today, let's go Fletcher!" I half screamed.

Fletcher was quick and moved swiftly out of the way of Sanguine's attack, with a tight grip of my hand we were gone into the chilly evening.

Serpine POV

I screamed in rage, how could he let both Valkyrie and Fletcher escape?! The two people, who my plan heavily depended on, escaped without a scratch! I sat and watched Sanguine being tortured by the shadows I had conjured, he deserves this.

His screams sounded like music to my ears, pain and suffering is always a punishment I enjoy. He squirmed to escape, but it was a useless effort. I watched happily mesmerized as Sanguine thrashed helplessly, I needed to find a new way to capture both Valkyrie and Fletcher again. It occurred to me that the two had feelings for each other, no thanks to Sanguine's detailed report. They would always be together, and would definitely trust each other no matter what.

"Sanguine, I have a way to resolve your failure," I said removing the shadows, "it seems that the two fancy each other. So we'll use that to our advantage, how do you feel about being a girl?"

"A wha'? Yes, I do mind becomin' a girl! I don't like this plan at all!" He whined.

I stifled a laugh, "I will be Fletcher and you get to be Valkyrie. You'll retrieve Fletcher and I will take Valkyrie."

Sanguine's mouth drooped, "Wha' do I gotta do?"

I smiled, "Glad you asked, now listen carefully."

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