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Even after a year people still looked at her like she was going to kill them. It was easy to tell people that the remnant wasn't there anymore, but it was harder to convince people it was true.
Zipping through the streets of Roarhaven on her motorbike, she ignored the disgusted looks she received, half because of what happened to her and half because Roarhaven had become a popular place and not the run down town no one wanted to enter. Tanith didn't have a problem with them anymore mainly because she couldn't remember what she had done when the remnant was inside her. When she first 'came back' she couldn't walk down the street without someone trying to kill her – thank to Ravel.
At heart it was Ravels fault any of this happened if he hadn't done anything the sanctuary wouldn't have been moved, Davina Marr would be in prison. The English grand mange wouldn't have been killed by her, the children of the spider wouldn't have held any power.
The dead men would still be together.
Ghastly wouldn't be dead.
As it was Ravel killed them all. Their blood was on his hands, but he got what was coming to him in the end.
Walking into the Sanctuary had gotten a job as China's bodyguard.
The joys.
As Tanith made her way towards China's mirrored office and heard screaming.
She panicked slightly and ran towards the sound, Rounding the corner she saw Eliza Scorn being dragged away by cleavers. Eliza's eyes were frantic, when she saw Tanith watching she started screaming for her.
"TANITH!" She screamed eye's wide with fear "HELP ME! THERE GOING TO LOCK ME UP!"
Tanith just watched as the woman was dragged further down the corridor. In away she was responsible for what happened to the English grand mage, if she hadn't told Remnant Tanith where to go to find the dagger than he wouldn't have died.
"You probably deserve it" Tanith muttered to herself, walking into China's office.
"What was that/2
"Nothing" she paused "you been having problems with the Faceless ones church?" nodding her head out the door.
"Oh no! I just have a problem with Eliza"
"Fair enough" Tanith shrugged, sinking into one of the chairs in front of the desk. "Anything need doing?"
"No, I don't really need your services anymore Tanith, I have all the cleavers I could ever want, so I have no use for you"
Ouch.
"Then why did you keep employing me?" Tanith asked getting agitated at the Grand Mage.
"Because it's what Ghastly would have wanted" China said blankly.
"Ummm" Tanith couldn't bring herself to look at the other woman and she couldn't get over the fact that Ghastly had died and she couldn't remember it ever happening.
"I do have a job that just opened up you can have" Tanith's head shot up.
"What is it?"
"Head of Security"
"Oh." She was a little deflated
"If you don't want the job that I'll give it someone else, and you can go back to England" China snapped
"Hey" Tanith snapped back "Why would you give me a job here? Its not like we've ever actually got on. The main reason we spoke before was because of Val"
"What do you call the last year?"
"I was your bodyguard, that's different"
"Yes, but I thought we'd become friends over that time" China smiled, a smile that would make anyone else week at the knees, the smile didn't have any effect on Tanith though.
"You don't have friends China, you have spies"
"Skulduggery is my friend, Tipstaff is my friend"
"You also killed Skulduggery's family, and Tipstaff only brings you coffee and tea" Tanith retorted
"I didn't kill them, Serpine did"
"But you lead them there"
"Fine I have their blood on my hands, me and Skulduggery patched it over; and it isn't like you're an angel" China looked down her nose at Tanith.
"What do I have to do for the job?" Tanith changed the subject, not comfortable talking about her past.
"Just make sure all the cleavers training is up to date, creating the time tables for the cleavers that sort of stuff"
The work load didn't seem much, and if she stayed she also got to see her Irish friends.
"Fine, I'll take the job£
"Ah good, by the way there is a uniform" China smiled smugly.
"I'm not wearing a uniform" Tanith growled
"You can't seriously want to wear all that leather" China replied in disgust.
"Yes I do want to wear my leather"
"Why?" China couldn't understand why anyone would want to wear it.
"Because I look good in it" Tanith replied leaving the office, towards the cleaver's barracks.
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