"Only now?" Solomon's voice had, also, gone extremely quiet, and his gaze had snapped to look directly at Ravel. Even in spite of the way the man's anger pounded against his wards, the way the lines around his eyes creased with the corresponding throb in his temples, Solomon looked at him, his eyes piercing. "I have been bothered by this for nearly four hundred years."
He wanted to stop and take a breath, because his vision seemed to be going ... not red. Hazy, like he was shrouded by clouds. But he took the breath and the words didn't stop spilling out. "You think you've known Skulduggery Pleasant? I've known him since I was fifteen years old. I've known him since I was a child in need of someone to depend on. I've known him manipulating me neatly to doing everything he ever wanted to finish his investigations. I've known him when it was proved to me that I thought the world of him and he used me like a tool."
His voice rose and rose, furious because of everything Skulduggery had promised and failed to deliver. Because of the everything he'd had, and the way he threw it all away. "Last you heard, we were at odds? We broke apart because I gave him all of me and he gave me nothing."
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He wanted to stop and take a breath, because his vision seemed to be going ... not red. Hazy, like he was shrouded by clouds. But he took the breath and the words didn't stop spilling out. "You think you've known Skulduggery Pleasant? I've known him since I was fifteen years old. I've known him since I was a child in need of someone to depend on. I've known him manipulating me neatly to doing everything he ever wanted to finish his investigations. I've known him when it was proved to me that I thought the world of him and he used me like a tool."
His voice rose and rose, furious because of everything Skulduggery had promised and failed to deliver. Because of the everything he'd had, and the way he threw it all away. "Last you heard, we were at odds? We broke apart because I gave him all of me and he gave me nothing."