Roxanne had given him that look when he'd told her. She'd thought he was crazy or making up stupid excuses.
Maybe she had thought he was insane at first but Tanith? She was different, she always had been.
When they'd first met, Johnny had thought she was the insane one.
He'd seen her stood there, breathing heavily and bleeding from a fight. When he'd approached, she'd held a sword to his throat. An actual sword.
So maybe, just maybe, she'd believe him.
Johnny picked up his phone and dialled the number he'd memorised from the napkin she'd given him.
"...So we're back to square one?" Tanith asked.
"Yeah, pretty much." Valkyrie sighed.
"Is there anything else in Gordon's research?" Skulduggery injected.
"No, just what I've already said." She said, hoping her lie wouldn't show. She hated hiding her uncle's existence from his friends.
Skulduggery nodded thoughtfully. "What about others?"
"Others?"
"It can't have been one person the whole time. They'd be old, even for a sorcerer. There has to be others."
Valkyrie was about to speak when the first few bars of Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak played out before Tanith answered.
Valkyrie saw her smile when she heard the voice at the other end.
"Hey, Johnny, what do you need?
Sorry for how long this has taken, as it's explained in the apology chapter, I write on my iPod which it was stolen and before I had some serious writer's block. I know this is a short chapter but I promise that the next one will be up soon. Thanks for your patience.