6/30/2023 0 Comments Skulduggery pleasant midnight“We were almost thinking you were avoiding us.”Ĭhina smiled, and stood. “It’s been a while, China,” Skulduggery said. China, reading through a file as she sat upon her throne, gave no indication that she saw their shifting reflections, until she closed the file and leaned back, a single eyebrow arched. They deactivated their cloaking spheres as they walked between the hundreds of thin columns of mirrored glass. The sorcerer frowned, but Skulduggery was already following Valkyrie in. He went to close the door after him, but Skulduggery put a hand to it and Valkyrie slipped under his arm. She dodged back, avoiding the man who came through. Valkyrie heard footsteps on the other side, and the handle turned and the left door opened. Using their personal cloaking spheres, they passed between the Cleavers standing guard, and waited at the double doors to China’s Room of Prisms. She met Skulduggery in the High Sanctuary’s lobby and together they slipped away from the sorcerers who were not doing a good job of keeping a surreptitious eye on them. She left the house, got in her car, and drove to Roarhaven. That’s very important.” Valkyrie straightened up. “I’m not to tell them you left,” Alice said. “And when you speak to Mum and Dad about this tomorrow …?”
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