Valkyrie had left them alone as soon as she realized her presence would really only make things awkward. Skulduggery was the one Gabriel knew, and the one who would be able to calm him down. And to be honest, watching the Archangel cry was something Valkyrie hadn't really wanted to see. Not because she felt embarrassed for him or disillusioned or let down, but because she knew what was making him cry - or at least thought she did - and it really wasn't helping their earlier 'intervention', or her guilt at her own decision.
So she'd stepped away, turned the corner, tried not to think about it. Instead, she tried to think about how much more insane her life had gotten today. She needed to get home soon. She needed to see her parents. God, it had been at least a month since she last spoke to them. She should have taken her normal life back over more often, she knew, but Valkyrie didn't want her parents to think anything was wrong. Not until Skulduggery was back, she'd promised herself. Then she could focus on lying to their faces again.
She froze, and a small smile crossed her own face. "I just watched a skeleton hug an Archangel," she said out loud to the empty air. Nothing answered, so she said it again for good measure, a trickle of laughter in her voice this time. "I just watched a skeleton hug an Archangel." Yet another thing to lie about, but somehow, this one Valkyrie didn't mind so much.
Still shaking her head, still laughing - and now really wishing she'd taken a picture - Valkyrie pulled out her phone and called Solomon. The Necromancer sounded surprised to hear her voice, but agreed to meet her down the street in a couple of minutes.
When Valkyrie joined the other two again, Skulduggery had straightened up. "Well, nobody's come running," she heard him saying once she was within earshot. "I'd say that's a good sign. Necromancers in our world tend to keep to themselves. Most of them barely know there is an outside world. I wouldn't be surprised if nobody noticed a thing."
"Solomon's coming out," Valkyrie told Skulduggery as he offered Gabriel an arm for support to his feet. "He didn't sound like he thought anything was wrong."
"Well, there you go." Skulduggery glanced at her. "You didn't tell him about me, then."
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So she'd stepped away, turned the corner, tried not to think about it. Instead, she tried to think about how much more insane her life had gotten today. She needed to get home soon. She needed to see her parents. God, it had been at least a month since she last spoke to them. She should have taken her normal life back over more often, she knew, but Valkyrie didn't want her parents to think anything was wrong. Not until Skulduggery was back, she'd promised herself. Then she could focus on lying to their faces again.
She froze, and a small smile crossed her own face. "I just watched a skeleton hug an Archangel," she said out loud to the empty air. Nothing answered, so she said it again for good measure, a trickle of laughter in her voice this time. "I just watched a skeleton hug an Archangel." Yet another thing to lie about, but somehow, this one Valkyrie didn't mind so much.
Still shaking her head, still laughing - and now really wishing she'd taken a picture - Valkyrie pulled out her phone and called Solomon. The Necromancer sounded surprised to hear her voice, but agreed to meet her down the street in a couple of minutes.
When Valkyrie joined the other two again, Skulduggery had straightened up. "Well, nobody's come running," she heard him saying once she was within earshot. "I'd say that's a good sign. Necromancers in our world tend to keep to themselves. Most of them barely know there is an outside world. I wouldn't be surprised if nobody noticed a thing."
"Solomon's coming out," Valkyrie told Skulduggery as he offered Gabriel an arm for support to his feet. "He didn't sound like he thought anything was wrong."
"Well, there you go." Skulduggery glanced at her. "You didn't tell him about me, then."
"God, no. We want him to come out, don't we?"