her eyes narrow and her teeth bite down on the inside of her cheek. hands clenched into fists, nails almost breaking the skin on her palm and she had to control herself. a deep breath in through her nose and then slowly let it back out through her mouth. “ IF that were true, you wouldn’t be keeping me in the dark. ” her voice was steady and calm, almost too calm. but skulduggery was missing and ghastly seemed to know where. “ where the hell is he, ghastly ? ”

              there’s a smirk that plays at the corner of her lips. hands shoved in the pockets of her leather jacket, valkyrie bounces slightly on the balls of her feet. “ yeah well - that’s what you get for loving someone like me. ”