Trying to knock out as many chapters as I can in a day! xxx

Skulduggery's POV

That felt good to get off my skeletal chest, I may as well admit the obvious. But who wouldn't fall in love with such a girl? I mean at first I thought it was just wrong, I've known her since she was 12, I remember those days when she was just a cute, little, innocent child who was totally clueless about the magical world that was living at her fingertips, but I've known her for 4 years now (forgot to say Val's 16) and I've watched her mature and grow into a stunning beautiful young woman who I developed feelings for, I truly am the luckiest man/skeleton in the world to have the most beautiful woman as my partner. Anyway, it's not just me that's noticed, it gets quite annoying after a while actually when walking around the sanctuary with her, these men just give her these suggestive smiles, flirtatious winks and just the looks. Sometimes I even sling my arm around her shoulders or waist to show that she is mine and only mine - but that's just to scare the boys away ...nobody could ever feel that way about me...

The familiar 'pop' sounded behind me and I spun on my heel to come face to face with the spikey haired idiot, someone needed to teach him a lesson and I was just fine with that 'someone' being me, I quickly picked him up by the scruff of his neck and held him against one of the walls of the mansion, I smirked at my strength and tapped the tattoo etched on my collarbone to let a façade face flow up, I didn't care what it looked like, it just added to the emotion and the anger that I was feeling, partly because he thought he could make fun of me for liking her, partly because he had to work it out, partly because I know the boy would blab it all over Ireland but mainly because I was taking out my anger on fletcher because I knew he couldn't get a woman as gorgeous as Valkyrie.

Still picking him up by his collar, I spoke in a low menacing voice "I don't know what you're playing at boy, but it better stop I don't like my partner," 'yeah you love her.' My self conscious blabbered on, I chose to ignore it. "So pull your head out of your arse and quit while your ahead, don't you dare joke me around boy because you will regret it." I finished, I noticed Fletcher's eyes were wide with fear and his face as pale as the white walls around him, I smiled internally at this.

"Now," I started in a sudden happy voice, "Let's get to work on this 'prank' as you put it." I said and out a finger to my lips before stepping silently up the stairs.

I got to the top silently like a pro, I honestly might as well be a vampire since I am that good at being silent, or maybe a ninja, all possibilities of future jobs...not. As silent as I was, the same couldn't be said for fletcher who was stumbling around on the steps, still shaken up form our 'intense verbal interrogation' oh I could be so mean when I wanted to be.

I quietly swung open Valkyrie's bedroom door, cringing when it creaked slightly, she still wasn't awake despite it being eleven o'clock in the morning! The sun shone brightly upon her making her look enchanting and radiant, her jet black hair that I love so much looked fuller than ever and her light pink lips were soft and plump her skin was... okay i'm getting a bit too carried away.

I motioned for fletcher to put his hand on Valkyrie's bed and I put my hand on his bicep, he raised and eyebrow and I told him to teleport to the Irish sanctuary. As soon as we got there, all eyes were on us and I had time to register who those eyes belonged to, Dexter, Saracen and Erskine had their eyebrows raised and pure looks of 'what have you done now?!' etched onto their faces, the last person in the room was Ghastly who was yet again making tea with his beloved tea maker and he just rolled his eyes at us before stirring his drink around. I shoved fletcher out of Ghastly and Ravel's office just in time for Valkyrie's eyes to snap open in alarm and bolt up in her bed, that was now in the middle of an office. Saracen's look of confusion was soon replaced with a knowing smile, implying he had used his 'I know things' power to work out what I had done.

Valkyrie's POV

"WHAT THE HELL?!" I screamed and turned my head into Skulduggery's facade's face, I glared daggers into him and could clearly see the guilty look on his face, he smiled sheepishly and then everyone but Ghastly burst into hysterics, I snapped my head around to Erskine, Dexter and Saracen who were all seated on the poshly decorated sofa's.

"YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?!" I roared, this only made them burst into more laughter as tears built up in their eyes from laughing so much. My eyes glanced at Ghastly who had gone bright red and was taking a sudden interest in the floor, I raised an eyebrow before I realised my state of dress. I had a black lace bra on that I knew made me look sexy, that is why Tanith had chosen it after all, extremely short black denim shorts that showed my 'long, sexy legs' as someone had called them and black ankle socks on my feet...

Yes, I am one of those creeps who sleeps with socks on...i'm not proud of it either

Skulduggery was still smirking so I thought I should turn the tables on him... I got out of bed in a confident air and the laughter of the boys in the office immediately died down as Saracen, Erskine and Dexter wolf whistled, I stepped in front of Skulduggery and he blushed bright red as he looked down at my six pack and long legs and then at my chest..area.

"See something you like?" I asked flirtatiously and winked at him, his blush was redder than ever and I giggled at him, I used the air to bring me Dexter's phone over which he tried to snatch back in protest, failing of course. I grinned at him and he winked back. Typing in his password 'SaracenIsHOT' cheesy I know right, I immediately clicked on the camera app and took a snap of my partner's face, I sent it to my phone admiring how handsome he looked despite his obvious embarrassment, I smiled to myself.

"I hope you know i'll make sure that gets seen by everyone in this sanctuary." I said grinning at him.

"Damn right you will!" Erskine and Saracen both shouted, I quickly scrolled to their names on Dex's contact list and sent them the picture, the mens' phones chimed and they both displayed the picture on their phones bursting into laughter that made them tear up, I threw Dexter back his phone and he too joined the other two mages in laughter.

"Alright kiddos, calm down before Skul explodes with embarrassment." Ghastly said chuckling.

I slung my arm around my partner's shoulder making fireworks go off in my head "I hope it didn't hurt your ego too much." I said smiling whilst Skulduggery pouted then grinned.