Valkyrie found herself in China's library again. By herself this time, since Skulduggery was giving her new, exciting lessons in magic and how to expand her power, she wanted to learn a lot more. She was here a lot more lately.

She usually came late though, because then she would have the peace and quiet she wanted while doing her research. Unfortunately her study was disrupted by a grinning idiot standing just a few feet away from her. And no, not Fletcher.

"Sanguine."

"Oh are we not on first name basis yet? I thought I'd earned that after all the glorious sex." He grinned back at her, not even bothering to talk low.

"I told you I made a mistake! I'm with Skulduggery. Back off!" Valkyrie hissed, hoping nobody heard him. " And if you think that's glorious, you are sadly mistaken,"

"I don't know, I seem to remember you moaning quite a bit now, Valkyrie. Don't even deny it." He sounded too smug for her liking.

"Leave me alone okay?" Valkyrie said, turning her back on him and pretending to read a book.

She felt his body close behind hers and she closed her eyes for one brief, stupid moment. His hand started around her waist, and got lower. She liked the way his fingers trailed around her skin and she just couldn't stop herself no matter how many times she had tried.

Sanguine spun her around and pushed her roughly against the wall, unbuttoning her shirt and biting his lip when he saw her.

With trembling hands, Valkyrie unzipped his trousers and yanked them down a bit feeling around the hard lump in his underwear.

Bored of foreplay, Valkyrie pushed him down into an armchair beside them and started to kiss him passionately while she readied herself.

She was just getting down to it when she heard Skulduggery's voice.

"Valkyrie? Is everything okay? China called me. She said you wanted to talk to me?" He called, sounding bewildered.

Valkyrie's eye's widened and she leapt off of Sanguine with her jeans half off of her and her shirt unbuttoned, just as Skulduggery turned the corner and saw them.

He froze. Shock just seemed to be coming off of him in waves.

Whereas guilt was going through Valkyrie like fire, burning up her insides.

"Skuldug-"

"Don't even speak to me Valkyrie." Skulduggery said in a soft, but harsh voice.

"Ahh now, Mr Funnybones is here. I say we have a threesome. Although it wouldn't be much fun for you now would it, skeleton? You don't have any.. Er.. Manhood." Sanguine sniggered at him.

Out of nowhere, Skulduggery leapt at Sanguine and started to lay kicks and punches into his face, chest, legs, basically wherever he could get the easiest.

Valkyrie was just shocked. At this moment, she knew everything would just turn to crap.

It dawned on her just as China walked out of her apartment and sent a wave of magic that hit the two men and sent them to the ground.

"Enough. Not in my library."

"You! You two-faced bitch! You rang Skulduggery!" Valkyrie said with a vindictive hint to her voice.

Skulduggery got to his feet and looked very subdued, just as Valkyrie punched China square in nose.

When Valkyrie looked around, searching for Skulduggery, but he was gone.

She heard Sanguine chuckling behind her and she whirled around.

"This is all you're fault!" She screamed at him.

Too angry to speak to him, Valkyrie stomped her way through the long corridors of the library. Laying boots into everything she passed and shoving a shelf of books over.

She almost ran into Tanith on the stairs.

"Val? What's going on?" Tanith grabbed her by the shoulders and held her up.

"Did Skulduggery come down her? Have you seen him?" Valkyrie asked desperately.

"No? Valkyrie what happened!"

Valkyrie paused. China just disappeared as well as Skulduggery.

A/N: Okay new chapter up finally!

Sorry for the wait everyone :(

Stuffs to do :(

And I'll have another upload for tonight again :)

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