Missing

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It had been four years since Skulduggery had left. That was what the Sanctuary had said anyway. But Valkyrie knew better. Well, for the first year she thought she knew better, but now she knew better. (A/N Confused yet?)

It was obvious that Skulduggery had left because he was regretting the decision of proposing to her. It broke her heart to think that but there was no other explanation.

And, then she was crying, the tears flowing freely from her face onto the pillow, her thin form shaking.

After Skulduggery had up and went she was slowly wasting away to nothing, and the worst thing was that she didn't care. She had basically lost all will to go on.

Suddenly, she heard a noise coming from the slightly ajar window. It sounded like a stifled gasp. She smiled for the first time in years as she saw a gloved hand quickly disappear from the window pane.

She ran outside quickly and frowned, hurriedly getting into a fighting stance.

Skulduggery pov

He did his best to come and see her whenever he could. For the first couple of months, she was rarely at home, and for the following she stayed in the whole time. She even got the shopping delivered!

But, alas, he hadn't seen her in 2 years, 11 months and 3 weeks, and what he did see made him distraught. He tried to stifle a gasp, but couldn't quite manage.

OH HELL he thought as Valkyrie turned around to face the window.

Valkyrie pov

Valkyrie faced the mysterious man in her garden. He was rather handsome, with jet black hair, and glittering, emerald-green eyes. He looked very muscular and strong, there was no way she had even a chance of overpowering him.

Then she realised who it was. Kind of obvious now that she thought about it. The man had the same hat as him. The man had the same shoes as him. The man had the same dark blue pinstripe suit as him. The man had the same gloves as him.

She became light-headed as she realised who this was, and the last she registered was the man dart over to catch her, and then everything went black as her head made contact with the ground.

General Pov

Valkyrie awoke to the sound of a smooth, velvety, male voice talking to a female voice. She opened her eyes and saw her best-friend, Tanith Low, talking to someone, and when she glimpsed who the memories flooded back, hitting her like a brick, causing her to breathe in quickly as she remembered.

The man, upon hearing her sharp intake of breath, spun on his heel to look at her.

"Valkyrie." He said in a voice that could only belong to him, to Skulduggery Pleasant.

"Skulduggery," Valkyrie replied, voice devoid of any emotion. "You finally decided to make an appearance.

"Valkyrie, please," He started to apologise, but stopped when he realised that she was pretending to be deaf. "Please, Val, listen to me."

"Why should I?" She snapped, "There's nothing to tell. You left because you didn't want to marry me. That's fine, grand even."

As soon as Valkyrie finished saying this, she broke down, sobbing. The man, Skulduggery, ran over to comfort her, and she ended up curled up into his shirt, heavy gasps raking across her body.

"Don't leave," She said, in between gasps, "Don't you ever leave me again."

"I won't," He said, soothingly rubbing circles on her back. "I promise."