Chapter Eleven
Sanguine's Luck.
The cowboy wriggled out of the earth covered in dirt. He shook himself and looked at his surroundings. He was here. At the late Major Riddle's fifteen acre garden. He had been informed that he would find the Skeleton and the girl here. The girl was why he was here. He had some unfinished business to do.
Sanguine crept to a window at the side of the house, it was a breezy, cold day, and he wanted to get it over with. Careful not to show himself, he peeped through the window and sure enough, the skeleton was present. He was standing next to big man wearing crutches with scars littered across his face. He scanned pass them, trying to spot Valkyrie. He saw other people he had not ever seen before. He concluded that Valkyrie, for once, wasn't with her partner. He left his spot and walked rather sulkily to the front of the mansion.
"Typical, I go and find the girl and now she's not even with that Skulduggery guy."
He looked up and found the detective's Bentley parked underneath a tree.
Sanguine got an idea, and smiled to himself. "Billy-Ray, you are a genius!"
He had once hot wired a car, but it had not been so expensive as this car. He had to admit it was sweet and whistled at the sophisticated car. Shame he was going to blow it up. He casually walked towards the car, hands in pockets, and stared through the windows. He had saw Skulduggery's coat, wig, hat and glasses on the passenger seat. Another idea came to his mind.
"I'm on a roll!" Sanguine applauded himself, and picking the car door lock, he had opened the door. To his surprise no alarm went off and he cheerfully jumped into the driving seat. He bent underneath the wheel and cut some wires and connected others and with a jolt, both car and Sanguine's heart, the engine started.
But he had one problem, where is the girl? He got his phone out and called the same person who had told him that Skulduggery would be at Riddle's.
"Hey, erm, Valkyrie ain't here. I was wandering whether you know where she is?"
He grinned when his trusty mole told him and he stepped on the accelerator and skidded out of the grounds.