Happy St. Patty's day! I celebrated my B-day with my cousin, Jenny (mother of 4). My series is complete! Got books 2 and 4, now I need 7,8,9; meh. OK, I heard the 7th book is the start of the last trilogy, the Darquesse trilogy. I think the second one is the Death Bringer trilogy, I'm not sure. And I don't know the first one, tell me! Btw my first Short story was completely out of context! So sorry, that's why I took it off.

THE SANCTUARY DANCE PART 5

GEPOV

Vendetta and Rife entered the room, they wriggled their way to an open space by Tanith and Ghastly.

"What happened to you two?" Ghastly asked while they danced passed.

"Bein' drunk in a room, we're all sobered up now."

"Good." Tanith added. Ghastly whirled her out than she broke away. Vendetta broke away too and joined Tanith.

"OK, what did you really do in there?" Tanith asked with a smirk. Her side started to hurt more

"I-I was doing nothing." Vendetta winced.

"Liar." Tanith teased and flicked her eyebrows to hint. Vendetta noticed the movement and caught on fast.

"Oh, Oh, hell no!"

"What?" Rife asked as he budded in.

"What did you two do in there? Tell me." Tanith asked for the last time.

"We were drunk, that's all. The rest is kind of fuzzy." Tanith frowned and said, "I'll find out sooner or later. If not Skulduggery will for surely know." Tanith winked back and walked to Ghastly's side. The pain grew more intense and tingled away.

"That was weird. What could she be-" Rife faltered and frowned, "Oh."

"Yeah, 'oh' I wonder why she would think that?" Vendetta joked.

Rife shrugged his shoulders and asked, "Like before; would you like to dance with me?" Vendetta took it and they waltz in the only space possible.

The music slowed down more and everyone adjusted to the change. Valkyrie tried to follow his lead but it seemed almost impossible.

"It's harder when slower." She pointed out.

"How can it be harder?"

"I don't know." Valkyrie laughed and swung her head back, "What was the last thing I drank?"

"I believe a Coke. Why?"

"I have a feeling I'm drunk." She laughed more twirled for fun.

"Is that a good thing?" If he had a face it would frown.

"I don't know, it's fun though. Where's, uh, Vendetta and Rife?" Valkyrie peered over Skulduggery's shoulder and she spotted them talking and drinking. Valkyrie shimmied through the crowd to get to them and Skulduggery had troubles following her.

"Where were you guys? I think I'm drunk." She laughed and continued, "Did you have fun?" She hinted.

"Why does everyone keep asking?" Vendetta snapped, "We were drunk, we needed to sober-up! That's all."

"OK, OK. I believe you." Valkyrie gave sarcasm and Skulduggery finally found his way.

"So, what did you two do?" Skulduggery curiously asked.

"Ugh! Stop asking. We're just drunk, that's all!"

"You OK?" He asked.

Vendetta sighed, "I'm OK. Sorry, I-" Her voice was replaced with a scream when the lights went dead. Vendetta and Valkyrie froze on spot. Skulduggery snapped his palms and summoned a flame, and so did practically everyone else in the room. The whole dance floor filled with murmurs and whisper. As soon as it started, it ended. Another scream came from one of the band players, over by was a body slung over a railing with a knife to the back.

"What just happened!" Ravel demanded.

"Is he still alive?" Vendetta's co-worker said. Some one near by checked the corpses pulse and announced, "There's a pulse! Just barely!". Some more guests quickly dragged the body to Nye's. The commotion ended and the music began playing.

"Who did that?" Vendetta asked and the sharp pain started to blossom back in her side.

"I believe Oracle had to do with this." Skulduggery muttered. The pain began to spread to her knees, making them buckle.

"You OK?" Rife asked and helped her up.

"Um, yeah." Vendetta squealed, "I think I'm still a tad bit drunk. Why would you think Oracle had to do with this?"

"She did escape today." Tannith remembered. The more they brought up the more Vendetta suffered and couldn't take it no more. "Guys I really need to tell you something." Before Vendetta could finish she crumpled to the ground and fainted, last thing she saw was her friends trying to catch her.