Valkyrie and Skulduggery were walking into the new, improved Sanctuary when Skulduggery got a phone call from Finbar, of all people. Skulduggery nodded a bit, and then tilted his head "Really?" he murmured, then looked over a Valkyrie, frowning questioningly, then looked away. "Okay, Finbar. We'll be there. Yes. Thank you. Goodbye." Skulduggery closed his phone, looked at Valkyrie and sighed. "We're going. I just promise Finbar that we'd meet him at Casandra Pharos house. Apparently, she had another vision. Involving Darquesse, and you." Valkyrie's stomach lurched. Last time she had gone to Casandra's house she had seen a vision of Cassandra's, projected into steam, of a sorceress murdering her parents while she just stood there and let her. The sorceress was flattening the earth. Killing it. Her name was Darquesse. Cassandra had also given her a small figure made of sticks called a Dream Whisperer. It did exactly what the name suggested. A couple of nights ago, it had brought back a memory Valkyrie would rather not have dreamed about. It was the day she and Skulduggery had gone into the Sanctuary and had defeated Serpine. She had glanced at the Book of Names, and had seen her own name, Stephanie, she had seen Valkyrie, her taken name, and she had seen the name she was not supposed to see. Her true name.
Darquesse.
What if this vision had shown who Darquesse truly was? What would Skulduggery do when he found out his partner was the person who was going to end the world? He had vowed to kill Darquesse, to stop her from ending the world. But Valkyrie was Darquesse.
All of these thoughts ran through Valkyrie's mind as Skulduggery drove a 'temporary car', seeing as the Bentley was no more, to the cottage that was Cassandra's.
"Valkyrie? What's wrong with you? You look like you're about to cry. You're not, are you?" Skulduggery obviously wasn't very comfortable with tears.
"Don't worry. I was just remembering a… Dream I had a couple of nights ago. A nightmare" It was a half truth, at least. She smiled as convincingly as she could. He seemed to fall for it.
"Well, okay. I just thought you were remembering the vision we saw last time. Of your parents…" The skeleton trailed off awkwardly. "Oh, look! Here we are!"
When they had gotten out of the car, and Cassandra had greeted them, Valkyrie took a deep breath and prepared herself for what she was about to see.
OOOOH! Valkyrie is the sorceress who will end the world! Will Skulduggery find out? What would be his reaction if he did?
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