SkulPoint of View - - - - Dublin, Ireland
Skulduggery watched as Valkyrie fell to the floor from the mirror. He didn't know what time it was but he could hear the clock on the wall ticking away. He watched as Valkyrie laid there in silence as she stared up at the ceiling. He didn't know what to do. He didn't consider touching her or even getting near her so he chose to stay in the furthest darkest corner of the bedroom.
Valkyrie perched herself on her elbows as Echo-Gordon walked out from behind the mirror.
"I'm so sorry, Valkyrie," he said, "I didn't know that memory was actually going to play for you."
Valkyrie's face contorted into pure rage. "How dare you!" she yelled, "How do dare you do that to me!"
"Valkyrie, it was for your own good," Gordon said sternly.
"You have no right!" She gathered to her feet. "You have no right to invade on Skulduggery's privacy!"
"You needed to know what he's done."
"I did not!" Her hair was in tangles and Skulduggery fought the urge to go and pull them out for her. "I did not need to see anything! And you know why? Because I trust him! Because I know him! Because I love him! He could tell me all of that when he wanted to share it with me! I don't think there's anything wrong with that man!"
Gordon was speechless.
Skulduggery was speechless. How he loved that woman.
"Thank you Gordon for ruining my day! Thank you for ruining every single nice thought I have of you! I'm going to go find Skulduggery and tell him how much I love him right now and if you have a problem with that then I suggest you go rot and annoy someone else!" She turned angrily and saw the Tame on the bed unopened.
Skulduggery watched as Valkyrie searched the room for him and she spotted him sitting in the darkest corner of the room.
"Skulduggery," she said, rushing towards him with her arms open. She fell on top of him but he was just a skeletal frame.
Skulduggery didn't return her embrace.
She looked at him with tears in her eyes. "What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong!"
The tone she used hurt him. "How can you still love me after what I did to all those people? After I murdered people that other people loved?"
She started slowly, "Because when I saw the look on your face the moment your baby was born, I knew you were a changed man. I knew that when Serpine came to your house that evening that you would have ripped him limb from limb. I know now how much he really deserved to die now 7 years ago."
This time he embraced her... but it didn't feel quite right. How could he not get Gordon s words out of his head. Those words that stung him so deeply when he walked in and found Valkyrie gone. He held her tightly. He looked over her shoulder at Gordon with hate.
The Echo looked back with pain and hurt on his face. He was proven wrong. He was denied respect from of his two favorite people in the world. His best friend and niece.
Skulduggery didn't feel pity for him. He deserved what he got and that's that.
ValPoint of View
Valkyrie quickly regained the Echo stone, ordering Gordon to return to it. When he was safely back inside, she opened up her bedroom window and threw the rock as far as she could. She didn't want to see that thing again. She closed the window back up and walked over to the mirror. She tried to pick it up but in the end Skulduggery ended up putting it in the trash.
They both returned to the bedroom and she made sure everything was where it needed to be. She then turned to Skulduggery.
He looked weary and worn. She didn't personally like that look. It usually led him to do bad things. She walked over to him and smiled. "I love you, Skulduggery Pleasant."
He looked down at her, "I love you, Valkyrie Cain."
She grabbed the Tame on the bed and handed it to him. "Gordon ruined my day. Can you make it?"
She felt him smile. "Of course I can." He opened the Tame with a single hand and the room was shrouded in darkness.
She felt him reached out for her and begin taking off her clothes. His flesh hands sending warmth through her body. She needed him and he needed her. It was as plain and simple as that. She quickly pulled at her clothes and soon found herself being passionately kissed by the one and only Skulduggery Pleasant.
He ran his fingers through her hair and pulled up to him. He caressed her body lovingly keeping her lost in his lust.
She gasped and groaned beneath him, feeling his muscles move around her. She ran her lips across his chest and up his neck. They were in love with each other and that's all that mattered...
SkulPoint of View
He knew had to remember something. He just didn't recall what it was. He laid in bed with Valkyrie draped over him, the darkness blinding his vision. He was supposed to tell her something but after recent events, couldn't seem to get the thought back. He fought to think back but everything before Gordon's appearance seemed to blur away.
Skulduggery couldn't guess how long it took him to remember that he came home after visiting the Sanctuary about the Kane and Elia Red matter. Oh yeah...
He put himself in to a sitting position and moved Valkyrie to awake her. When she protested about 5 more minutes, he reminded her where she was.
"Oh, morning Skulduggery," she yawned.
"Remember that case we were doing before you got sucked into my memories?"
She shook her head at first and then nodded.
"I wanted to tell you when I got back that we are free to do as we need at the Black Market since I refused to give the location."
"That's good."
"That's not all. I received a call from Sharon and she informed me about the entrance into the Day of the Living Celebration at the Black Market."
"How do we get in?" Valkyrie sat up.
He grinned. "We play dead."
She couldn't help but to laugh. "Are you serious?"
"Dead serious, excuse the pun. We have to dress in formal wear and act as if you were dead. Gives more meaning to the words Day of the Living."
"Well that shouldn't be too hard."
"But there is one thing we need to do to get through this informative party."
"And what is that?"
"We need to tell Ghastly to make us some clothes."
"Okay and how is that hard?"
"You need to explain that you also need another set of black clothes."
Her face dropped. "Oh yeah..."
"What a fun filled day this will be."
"For the whole family." She leaned forward to kiss him. "I love you."
"Me too but about you," he joked and she laughed.
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There you have it. More to come :)
