Valkyrie walked alongside Skulduggery as they exited the Council room. "So," she said.

"So what?"

"It's all over. Ode's saved. The bad guys are going back to where they came from. We're back to trying to stop a war. What'd Ode say any way?"

"About what?"

"Well, everything."

"He thanked us for saving him and he agreed to post-phone any hostilities. At least for a little bit."

"So we're not going to war."

"Not immediately at least."

"That's….. good."

"I suppose so."

"What are we going to do?"

"We're going to go back to what we always do. Save the world and punch anyone who gets in the way."

Valkyrie nodded. "I like that."

"I knew you would."

…..

After her outburst, Vendetta had stormed out onto the top of the Sanctuary, ignoring the small sprinkle of rain and began pacing along the roof. It was true, a good part of the reason Vendetta hated Shoe so much was because the monster had developed a fondness for the Texan. But she hated her for that for a different reason then what everyone thought. Vendetta didn't want Shoe to somehow take Ray-Roy away from her because if Ray-Roy was gone, then she wouldn't have him around to annoy her.

She didn't get it. She despised him and he annoyed her to no end, yet the thought of losing him wasn't appealing either. She was slightly conflicted, which confused even more her since she was a sociopath and a psychopath. She didn't have any emotions. She could never feel anything stirring inside of her except for the gapping emptiness and the constant insanity and bloodlust that lurked inside of her. That was her dark side, her only true friend in the world. And Vendetta loved it.

The sense of someone watching her snapped her out of her thoughts and she felt the paranoia latch onto her once again. Wanting to be alone, Vendetta snapped around and hissed. Caelan jumped slightly.

Vendetta growled. "Caelan. What the heck? What do you want? Why are you up here?"

Caelan looked at her with dark eyes. "I'm up here," he said. "Because I want to follow you so that way I can prevent you from getting hurt. You are very good at disappearing however, so it has been extremely difficult to track you."

Vendetta stared. "You want to follow me!? No one follows me."

"Yes. How else can I keep you safe?"

Vendetta pulled out a knife. "Who hired you to track me? The Sanctuary? Should have known they would have turned early."

Caelan held up his hands. "Oh no, no one hired me."

"So you just want to follow me."

"Yes. To protect you."

"I don't need protection."

"Still, I would be destroyed if something happened to you."

"Why?"

"Because I love you."

Before Vendetta could even realize what he had said, Caelan moved forward and pressed his lips to hers.

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