This was impossible! Gordon wouldn't shut up! The man continued to argue for two hours straight!
The worst part is that the sanctuary seemed to think Miss Cain was alive. Which is of course incorrect. He knew she was dead, he watched the life seep from her body.
*Flashback*
"Skulduggery! Watch out!" She shouted.
He turned around and came in contact with a necromancer's spear, he prepared himself for the hit that never came. By the time he had realized what happened Valkyrie was on her knees. The spear buried deep inside her armor.
Skulduggery reacted like lightning he drew the sword from her belt and drove it into the necromancer's heart.
*End of Flashback*
It didn't matter if they won the war that day. He lost the only person that mattered to him. Eachan told him that she was of age, and he was going to give her hand in marriage. Skulduggery knew that she wouldn't agree to her father's wishes, but he also didn't know whether or not she would accept his proposal.
What's worse is that he was the unfortunate soul to delliver a daughter's dead body to her father. Just like him Eachan had nothing left. He didn't tell his friend that she died saving him. That wouldn't bode well for their friendship. He felt selfish, even after offering Eachan his full support and loyalty, he hated himself for not telling him the truth...
He shook his head. The point was that Valkyrie was dead.
He was disturbed from his thoughts by a raging Gordon. Apparently he didn't like the spies Guild had assigned to watch over them either.
"Who's that sitting on your Bentley?" Gordon asked.
Skulduggery looked at his beautiful car and saw no one. He chuckled.
"Your losing it Gordyn."
"I could've sworn I just saw her." he muttered
This caught Skulduggery's attention. "Her?"
"Yeah. She was head to toe dressed in black. She looked familiar... "
Skulduggery visibly tensed. "How familiar?"
"Skulduggery... I know you don't like talking about it, but you have to consider the possibility that she's back." he said to his old friend in an apologetic tone.
"... Valkyrie Cain is back." he whispered