"Should I?" Erskine's grin turned sardonic. "Funny, but I don't. You've apparently taken my partner-in-crime from me. Just how insecure about your odds are you?"
Grounded until she was eighteen. Valkyrie sighed; she supposed she shouldn't have expected anything less. Or more. And really, she wasn't about to complain. With everything she'd done to her parents over the last three years, she was honestly amazed they were even considering the idea of an apprenticeship as far as they were.
The thing was, Valkyrie had no idea how to be grounded. School was a given, but what about everything else? What about magic? What about swimming? What if she just wanted to go and get something to eat? What about learning how to drive? What about Fletcher? Her stomach twisted as she realised she never even thought about not being allowed to see him again.
"I don't need a holiday," she blurted without thinking. "Magic isn't work, it's... it's fun. It's not something I need a break from. It's probably not something I should get a break from."
"And yet," Des told her, "you will anyway. It's only for a few months, and that's... what, a second to a sorcerer? You are going to spend time with us, Steph, whether you want to or not. Maybe we should take a family vacation. I've heard France is lovely this time of year. And we have a villa."
"I thought you guys sold the villa."
"We talked about it. Never ended up actually happening. The point is... the point is that you are not leaving the house for anything except school and other parentally-approved activities until school's over this year. Your... magical studies are just going to have to come to you. That's what I think we'll do." He glanced up at Skulduggery. "And you had better never come around without that skin on."
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Grounded until she was eighteen. Valkyrie sighed; she supposed she shouldn't have expected anything less. Or more. And really, she wasn't about to complain. With everything she'd done to her parents over the last three years, she was honestly amazed they were even considering the idea of an apprenticeship as far as they were.
The thing was, Valkyrie had no idea how to be grounded. School was a given, but what about everything else? What about magic? What about swimming? What if she just wanted to go and get something to eat? What about learning how to drive? What about Fletcher? Her stomach twisted as she realised she never even thought about not being allowed to see him again.
"I don't need a holiday," she blurted without thinking. "Magic isn't work, it's... it's fun. It's not something I need a break from. It's probably not something I should get a break from."
"And yet," Des told her, "you will anyway. It's only for a few months, and that's... what, a second to a sorcerer? You are going to spend time with us, Steph, whether you want to or not. Maybe we should take a family vacation. I've heard France is lovely this time of year. And we have a villa."
"I thought you guys sold the villa."
"We talked about it. Never ended up actually happening. The point is... the point is that you are not leaving the house for anything except school and other parentally-approved activities until school's over this year. Your... magical studies are just going to have to come to you. That's what I think we'll do." He glanced up at Skulduggery. "And you had better never come around without that skin on."
"Yes, sir."