A/N: I would just like to warn everyone that there is a pretty intense sex scene towards the end of this chapter; and their will probably be one in every upcoming chapter or at least a mentioned experience. Feel free to skip them if you want or read it I don't mind just don't get cranky at me for them being in the fic, because the way I see it; if Darquesse had no problem butchering an entire planet she defiantly wouldn't care about the 'sanctity' of sex or anything for that matter so yeah; she a s#ut. So! ON with the chapter!

Chapter 20

Evil plans

It had been three days since the birth of her child; and Darquesse still wasn't used to even the idea of it. Granted Myst had been doing basically everything except feeding her. After all Darquesse had no choice in this matter. Her daughter will be, IS the princess of darkness, she had to be well fed and well trained. Right now however, Darquesse will have to wait the necessary amount of time before she could help her rule the world; and while that time past she had to keep up with the act that she was Braeyln. It was really starting to get annoying. All she wanted was to go around murdering her enemies or just people who had magic she wanted, that wasn't that much to ask for. Darquesse pushed her hair out of her face. It was in a half up half down thing which made it easier to look sad for some reason. Today, after all, was Sway's funeral. She needed to look sad and Darquesse had just about run out of fake tears. Her phone suddenly began to ring. She answered it knowing full well that it was Skulduggery.

"I'm out front." He says upon answer.

"I'll be out in a sec." she says before hanging up. Skulduggery had kindly offered her, Myst and her un-named daughter a lift. She accepted the offer but she made Myst arrive early with her child. She had plans for the ride and she didn't need Myst to hear or see it. Darquesse basically runs out of the house. Sway had left her home to Braeyln so it was nice that Darquesse wasn't being forced to live with Myst or in a hotel room or something. Before Sway's death she had just recently finished reinvasions. An entire floor along with many other rooms had been added to her already huge house. Sway Dark had been a collector of fine and rare objects well before China had even thought of starting. However unlike China, Sway's collection was kept a secret until China's had been destroyed, in Sway's now five story house two and a half floors were full of books and magical articles and objects. To get into those floors you had to provide a password, blood sample, finger print and eye scan. Only three people were allowed to get in, and one is now dead. Sway had not only input her own details but Seth's and Braeyln's. Darquesse had already started wondering how she was going to get in. As far as she was aware the scan's needed her eyes to be brown for her to be allowed in. Darquesse waved slightly when she saw Skulduggery wearing an elegant suit and his false face in the front seat of his car. He waves back to her and gets out of the car and walks over to her.

"Hey." He whispers. After a quick read of his thoughts Darquesse responds with.

"You don't have to say anything Skull."

"I should know what to say though." He mutters; not even caring that she read his mind.

"It's not like one sentence is going to make everything better anyways." She smiles sadly. "And as horrible as this is, I'm not even that sad about it. Sway's death usually would have killed me, but Josh dying the same day as her it didn't really affect me. I can't be sad about her death because I'm so sad about someone else's death. And I have my daughter now; she's somehow repaired the gaping hole he left me."

"What are you telling me?"

"I'm telling you that as horrible as this situation is, I'm fine."

"How could you be fine?" he asks confused.

"I don't know. But I am, I lost my fiancée, my best friend and I lost the closest thing I have ever had to a mother, I know I should be devastated but I'm not, at least, not anymore." Skulduggery suddenly wraps his arms around her and squeezes her.

"You don't have to pretend around me." He whispers.

"I have to pretend I'm fine, otherwise what's the point of me even being alive? No one here needs me." He pulls away just enough for Darquesse to see a clear shot of his face.

"You're daughter needs you." He pauses "I need you." He whispers.

"No, you don't." Darquesse pulls away and walks towards Skulduggery's pride and joy.

"How do you know?!" Skulduggery yells out after her. "I need you to survive Braeyln. You know I do! So just stop acting like you have no idea how I feel." Darquesse stops walking and turns her head towards him.

"If you need me so much, why did you break my heart, why didn't you go searching for me sooner? Why didn't you fight for me harder?" She whispers. Skulduggery ran over to her and holds onto her shoulders.

"I don't know. But every day since I regret everything that happened. I wanted to go after you, every day I thought about it, but I was worried, I thought you hated me. I thought you didn't want me to find you. And when I finally got the guts to go find you, I discovered that you had already moved on. I was in Australia for an entire month before I had the courage to go to your apartment. I had already hurt you so much I couldn't find it in myself to risk your happiness. I could see how much you loved Josh; I couldn't bear the thought of you not being happy. After everything that has happened to you in your life you deserved to be happy."

"What if I might have been happier with you?"

"By this point I didn't think I deserved you. In fact I know I don't."

"So what's changed then?"

"Not a damn thing. Except for the fact that I'm tired of pretending."

"Pretending?"

"I'm so damn tired of pretending that I'm not terrified. Terrified that I've lost you for good. That you're going to run off with Myst and your child, that you hate me. I'm tired of pretending that it doesn't kill me that you're so heartbroken, that I broke your heart, that I blew my only chance with you; the most perfect thing on this earth, and that you hate me, but mostly I'm tired of pretending that I don't love you with every fibre of my entire being." Darquesse doesn't move or respond. Skulduggery lets go of her, Darquesse suspects that he didn't mean to say the last part.

"We should go." Skulduggery says turning around; Darquesse doesn't move for a little bit while she decides her next move. Then suddenly she runs to Skulduggery, grabs a hold of his forearm and swings him around to face her.

"I don't hate you Skulduggery." Darquesse forced her body to produce a tear. Just as it hit the corner of her mouth she quickly leans forward and their lips meet once more. Skulduggery doesn't move for the first few seconds, weather it was from shock or fear Darquesse didn't know or care. They stand there kissing for longer than Darquesse had originally planned for but Skulduggery was too afraid to make any of the moves himself, he was so scared that he would do something wrong and Braeyln wouldn't speak to him again, or that she'd move away again he couldn't handle losing her again and he wouldn't do anything that would risk that happening again. He carefully places his hand on her neck which gives him more control of the kiss. Darquesse places her hands around his neck; waits a few seconds and then slowly pulls away. She forces herself to smile. He smiles back at her.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted that." He whispers leaning slightly on her head.

"Yes I do." She whispers back smiling, only this time it was genuine. She was now one step closer to ruling the world.

It had been six months since the birth of Darquesse child. Six more months of sneaking around it was really starting to annoy her. In the past six months Darquesse had only managed to take three more magical powers; which of course she had already perfected. She had the continuously circulating magic that zombies had, twice as much necromancer magic after she killed Simon Wealth, and the power to turn bones to dust after killed a young mage she had only met once before called Aprenica Gear. But there was something she desperately wanted the incredible speed and strength that only vampires possessed. She had been working on this once for two months. Dust was meant to be meeting her here any second now. Darquesse had created a whole fake memory of Braeyln killing someone who attacked Dust, he was weary of her but he was finally beginning to trust her. After all two people can't be lovers unless they trust each other. Darquesse smiled when there was a knock on her door. She had bought a house far away from anyone else she knew just for these kinds of things; she had to make sure no one would see her or that no one saw her baby, which at the moment Myst and Skulduggery were looking after for her while she was visiting Josh's mother in Australia. They were both puppets on her string. They did everything she said without incident; especially Skulduggery now that they were an 'item', he thanked his lucky stares every day that he got another chance with her; he still had no idea just how wrong he was. 'Braeyln' is due back tomorrow morning so tonight was her last chance to get Dusk's magic. When she opens the door she welcomes Dusk and invites him in, smacking him on the bum on his way in.

"I thought I was here for dinner?" he asks.

"You are, but it won't be done for the next couple of minutes why can't we have a little fun first?" Dusk smiles, the scar across his face forces his skin to pinch.

"You're a very strange woman Miss Tazzalana. Most people even after all the time we have spent together would be scared of me, or at least ask me if I've taken my serum tonight." Every word he speaks he moves closer, by the end of it he has pinned Darquesse against the front door.

"I know you wouldn't hurt me."

"What makes you so sure?"

"I trust you."

"Well you shouldn't."

"That's not what you're meant to reply with."

"What am I meant to reply with 'I trust you to' then we kiss and fuck like champions then eat a burnt meal together?"

"That could work." Darquesse jokes, kisses him on the lips, then pushes him out of the way while she walks towards the kitchen, he follows her slowly; he arrives in the kitchen just as she holds up two glasses of water. He takes the one closest to him, and coughs a little.

"To new beginnings." Darquesse says holding up her glass, he clinks them together and they both drink. Darquesse tries her best not to taste the water; after all salt water did taste disgusting. Once the water hits Dusks tongue he realises drops the glass and pounces on Darquesse within seconds. Her glass smashes on the floor right next to where her head is.

"Trying to kill me are we? Like I wouldn't taste it let alone swallow it." Darquesse smiles.

"You didn't taste it on my lips." Darquesse states, his face drops. "I'd say you have about three seconds left before it takes full effect." Dusk grabs a hold of her head with both his hand and rips her head as far left as it goes, then he gives it one more sharp tug and a loud crack emanates throughout the room. Dusk then shoves his hand down his throat to try and vomit up the water but his fingers can't reach the back of his throat. He rolls around the floor a little before dying, but it was still in perfect view for Darquesse, she allows her body to heal a few seconds later a snap sound echo's in her ears and she gets up.

"So sorry mate; I needed your powers. Well actually I didn't need them. I just wanted them." She laughs. A slight rumble echo's in her highly refined ears. She slowly turns around knowing exactly who she is going to see.

"Billy-ray; so good to see you again." She holds out her hand for him to kiss. He wasn't wearing his sunglasses so black emptiness covered his eyes.

"My dark-lady." He says before taking her hand and kissing it. About five months ago Darquesse sort him out; he had attempted feeble attempts to regain Tanith but all had failed he had faith in Darquesse's abilities and agreed to help her; so long as he got Tanith in the end. He didn't really give a flying fuck about their child together; he just wanted revenge.

"I see you got 'im." He says nodding at Dusk's body.

"Yes; I nearly have all the powers I want now. Just one more; and of course it's no other than the dear old mister Renn. Can you take me to him?"

"Soon yes; but first I have something I must get out of my system." He mutters before pouncing erotically on Darquesse. They erupt into an intense and fierce make-out session. But not even three minutes later Darquesse rips off both their clothes in a single movement. She repositions herself so she's on top and slides Bill-ray's generous manhood into her. He moans with passion and lust as she thrusts hardly and tightly around his pride and joy. Neither one of them care that they are making love on top of the dead body of one of the most vicious vampires the magical community has ever seen. In fact it turned Darquesse on; her entire body was tingling with freezing raw death magic thanks to the necromancer powers in her. Billy-ray pushes her backwards pins her down to the floor; bites into her neck while rubbing his fingers against her wet womanhood. Darquesse squeals with joy as he bites so hard it breaks the skin. He suddenly flips her over so she is lying stomach down against her kitchen floor; which she had only just realised was covered in her own blood. He thrusts into her but not in the usual spot. She had sensed long ago that he wanted to do this to her; at least he finally got some balls. He thrusts into her so hard it caused her head to bang against the wall; this made her filled with lust and the sudden urge to get it all out of her system. Using her necromancer powers she creates a near replica of his organ and placed it into her; moving as fast and as hard as Bill-ray was. However this one was reaching places he hadn't even dreamed off. Every thrust he made into Darquesse she could feel her body healing it; the constant tightness practically made Billy-ray scream. Darquesse squirted all over her kitchen floor and his legs; he didn't stop though nor did she. Darquesse had never felt an orgasm so strongly before and she wasn't stopping for no body. Billy-Ray's organ was beginning to fell tensed inside of her he would soon be finished. After three more hard push's he screamed as he orgasmed more intensely than he had ever even imagined. He falls backwards onto Dusks dead body. Darquesse keeps going with her magic; she wasn't yet satisfied. By the time Billy-Ray had gotten his breath back (Which was quite a while mind you.) she was finally done with herself. She was lying on her back in a pool of her own blood. Her breathing was slightly heavier than usual; but nothing for Billy-ray to get cocky about.

"When you have Tanith what will you do with her?" she asks as she sits up. Billy-ray was practically using Dusk's body as a chair. This sight amused Darquesse.

"I'm going to toucher her. Make her beg for death; but I will never give it to her."

"Sounds like justice to me."

"What will you do with Skulduggery?"

"I'm going to show him every moment of my life, starting from when I was in dear old Valkyrie Cain. I'll make him watch it until he has no strength left to even breathe. I will crush him; then as I rip off his skull, I will kiss it as I watch his bones turn into nothing. I will keep his skull alive though; so he can see the destruction of his precious world. Then; when every living thing recognises me as the queen of darkness I will force Lord Vile to resurface and be my king."

"You're in love with Lord Vile?" Billy-ray asks slightly shocked.

"We are perfect for each other. Two unstoppable evils that will rule the world with my daughter by my side; there is no question if this will happen." Darquesse stands up. "It will happen. Once I express my feelings for him; he will crumble under my love and I to his. We will rule; and now that Braeyln is gone. Not a single soul can do anything about it.

A/N: well... I think I managed to emotionally scar my self during this chapter.. Anyways; I hope you all enjoyed this chapter please make sure to review and tell me what you liked, or what you didn't like. OR even to throw some ideas at me. That's why most of the things happen in this fanfiction is because of ideas other people request me to use, so yeah. Review it up people. As usual two reviews before I update the next chapter; and from here on in it gets rather intense and dark. Just a warning. Well I'm off to go shopping with Sway and Casey now so I'll see y'all later!

Peace!