"Come out to plaay.." Ice frowned, it was not meant to be going like this.
She could FEEL Darquesse from here, she knew Daughter should have just left her where she was- but she took her from Cain.
Ice was surprised Cain herself hadn't gone insane with Darquesse in there. All that power.
So Ice was definitely surprised when Daughter's body jumped up and grabbed her from her hiding position.
Daughter's eyes were black, her smile a little too wide- and she was so pale.
"Take me to the 'bad' people. The people you work for, I promise I'll play nice."
But from the hand around her neck, Ice really didn't have a choice in the matter.
"So we don't know where they are or how we're going to get in there.." Ghastly was being ever helpful in this discussion.
Valkyrie thought she had heard something from Darquesse when she was in the woods, but had brushed it off. If Daughter had Darquesse locked in her head, she wouldn't be able to hold her for long- fallen angel or not. Daughter simply wouldn't have the knowledge or defences against her.
"What's a fallen angel?" Valkyrie suddenly asked, interested in what Darquesse had said.
Everyone turned to her, but she was met with silence.
"Who told you about those?"Was Ravel's reply, he wasn't good at masking his worry.
Valkyrie shrugged, she didn't need to tell them that Darquesse had active conversations with her. Had.
She really needed Darquesse back. It felt like a hole, like a chunk of her was missing, she knew she shouldn't feel this way- but Darquesse was a part of her.
"A fallen angel is as the name suggests- an angel from heaven. You can guess who the first one was..." Skulduggery trailed off, waiting for an answer.
"Lucifer." Valkyrie realised "Wait, you're saying that heaven, hell, God, the Devil- they all exist?" Valkyrie felt her eyes widen as she said it.
"No Valkyrie, don't be silly. What we're saying is that the angels defiantly do. Or something close to them. You see they have such an extended lifespan it is hard to track one. They normally come here with a purpose, then... Well no one's seen what happens after but they disappear. Presumably back to where they came from. Bear in mind not all of them are good. We call them Fallen angels because they look like the ones from the stories, winged, graceful, talented, they have a certain glow around them. They are experienced in most forms of combat,very strong and unnaturally beautiful." Ravel explained it further for her.
It was a struggle to take it all in, Valkyrie's head swam.
And for the (what it felt like) 200th time this week, Valkyrie passed out.
"YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME." Was the last thing she heard.