11
Reunions
Skulduggery walked towards the van with the group following him, their faces lit up with happy smiles. As Skulduggery reached the cover of the huge beech trees that surrounded the field, the group drifted away from him to reveal Blaize leaning against the biggest tree of all. Skulduggery walked towards her. She looked up and Skulduggery's heart melted at her rich purple gaze.
"Your back then…" Her voice was sad and her eyes were cold.
"So it seems." Skulduggery replied.
"I missed you so much," Blaize said, biting her lower lip.
"I know, I-"
"Shut up you old fool and come here!"
Blaize wrapped her arms around his thin waist and as the face came within inches of each other magic crackled in the air. Valkyrie stared in shock as Skulduggery's flesh returned. Skin crept up his neck then his jaw, then his soft lips. Blaize kissed him passionately on the lips and his arms snaked round her waist. The pair broke apart and walked hand in hand towards the group standing by the van.
On the way back to Gordon Edgely's estate Valkyrie explained all that had gone on while he'd been away. At the end of it Skulduggery said
"Not much happened then, only China's been arrested, Crux is in a mental asylum and Valkyrie Cain is necromancer, trained by Blaize and Wreath. How very uneventful"
The van erupted into laughter and Blaize smiled contentedly as she rested her head on Skulduggery's shoulder. Again he thought to himself. I'm definitely home.
