Tanith was actually surprised by that, to be honest. Maybe people who had been hurt this badly tended to be more revenge-oriented, no matter who they were.

Of course, Kelly was completely wrong, as anyone who'd faced vampires or zombies or Skulduggery could easily attest to. When you were a sorcerer, being dead wasn't a guarantee that you were no longer a threat. The thought made Tanith smile. Kelly had no idea. Fortunately, she was probably right about Marr.

"Tesseract." If they were alone, Tanith would have gone on to explain about Lord Vile. It wasn't as if the world of sorcerers wasn't already buzzing with the news, and if anyone deserved the potential warning, it was Saffron. But there wasn't really a way to make 'Lord Vile' sound remotely normal or plausible, and Solomon probably didn't want the extra hero-worship on top of that. Besides, if all went well, Lord Vile wasn't going to be a threat for very much longer.

"He's gone too," was all she said.