hello! yes here is the next chapter... it's slowly coming to a close.. :(

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but hey 34 chapters so far thats pretty amasing! :D

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A number of things were running through Valkyries head at that moment such as how was it that all these people seemed to have a connection with each other, the fact that Caelan and Vanity had hit it off so well, the look of sadness that Alicia seemed to be sending toward Darien and the aura of utter murderous rage that she could feel radiating off of skulduggery. But the one thing that seemed to be suffocating the others into submission was the panic she could feel rising in her. She really didn't feel like letting go. Letting her surface again. Even if Vile could control her. She gulped down the lump in her throat and tried her hardest to drown her wave of rage that was slowly rising.

This Man, no not even this scum thought he could just Unleash magic on the mortal population, without even thinking of the consequences. What type of idiot was he? She breathed deeply as she could feel the heat from the flame in his second hand as it edged closer to her neck.

Skulduggery cleared his throat and she felt Regan stiffen.

"Regan, unhand her at once." He said terrifyingly calm.

"Somehow I don't think that hall be happening, Mr Pleasant." Regan snarled.

Fletcher went to step forward but was stopped as skulduggery raised an arm to hold him back.

Valkyrie stared at skulduggery finally catching his attention, she let her mask of calm and collected drop and showed him what was really going on. The panic and fear was clear in her eyes. Darquesse was being threatened, and was awakening.

Valkyrie didn't want this; she had tried so hard to prevent this. She tried to think of something other than the fact that a totally stupid, worthless sorcerer was holding a flame to her neck, an image of her Baby twin siblings popped into her head. The day they were born. Being held by their parents.

Amelia and Gordon, two little angels, to little bright stars, in a dark, dark world.

She closed her eyes and breathed deeply swallowing that ever growing lump.

This was getting them nowhere. She felt a probing in her mind and creased her brow. She could hear a slight humming. She concentrated on that humming and soon enough it formed into two voices.

"Stay calm" one said.

"We're figuring this out." The other said. Valkyrie opened her eyes and immediately they locked with Vintages and Vanity's. She smiled slightly silently thanking them for their telepathic messages.

Regan cleared his throat.

"I need the two of you," he said gesturing to the Twins, "to come with me, if you don't I will kill Miss Cain, if you do, everyone else goes free."

Caelan Scoffed. "You really expect us to believe that." He said coldly. "You let go of Valkyrie and walk away and no one gets hurt."

Skulduggery stepped forward, "really Caelan I doubt this is your time to be making decisions." He said sharply. Caelan bowed his head in shame and stepped back slightly.

"Regan, your plan to unleash magic as it were is absurd and dangerous! It's ludicrous and it won't succeed the way you wish it to."

"But danger is exciting Mr Pleasant, surely you know that." Regan's eyes held a knowing glint. "Living life to its fullest as you have."

Valkyrie watched as Skulduggery stiffened up suddenly alert and cautious. How much did this insane criminal know?

"And you Miss Cain know your fair share of danger too." Valkyrie shuddered slightly and Regan chuckled, his assumption confirmed.

Alicia Crows sensing that Reagan was somehow using blackmail to an advantage stepped forwards.

"Dad, seriously what do you hope to achieve by this?" Regan's gaze flickered over to his daughter his grip on Valkyries neck loosened slightly.

"Everyone should be able to have access to magic. Who cares if they have no idea how to control it, but so long as they have it, it means we don't have to live in secrecy, and then we can rise to the top and claim leadership and power over the now amateur sorcerer ex mortals.

"But it's dangerous; you didn't see what happened to mum after you left." Alicia said distracting Regan further so that the flam in his hand was extinguished.

"She turned into a wreck, was placed into a mental hospital because of all the "stories" she was telling, the "visions" she had, had. And then one day she just went missing."

Regan cleared his throat. "Yes but your mother was weak!" He said back snarling.

"That can't be true!" Darien's voice cried. "You did the same to mum!" you just up and left and she fell apart. The magic ate her from the inside. She practically turned into a zombie, only ever eating and sleeping. She didn't talk, didn't do anything."

Regan felt everything shifting, suddenly everyone was ganging up on him, he was suddenly realising that he was being named the "bad guy."

By this time his grip on Valkyries neck had totally diminished and she had slunk away slowly and quietly to stand next to fletcher who had wrapped his arms around her tightly.

Vanity and Vintage and linked hands and were staring intently at the man who was coming to sudden realisation that his plan was collapsing around him.

Darien stared at the man he had once called dad lovingly. He was disgusted. This man who had left his mother to decay, Darien had no idea whether his mother was in fact still alive. All because of this one man standing before him.

Alicia felt disappointed, disappointed that this was her father, that someone so selfish and so backward could be her father. It was too insane to comprehend.

Regan could feel the negative Vibes emanating off of everyone that was surrounding him. In one last attempt at something drastic he lashed out throwing flame in the direction of the tree line. First one tree caught a light and then another and another, like dominos they each lit up one after the other. Everyone broke there concentration on the man in front of them except for the twins. They continued to stare reign down chanting over and over in their heads as they slowly felt his power draining.

Yeah it kinda dragged on a bit at the end but ohhh well

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