Okay this might seem a little boring at the moment but I had to introduce the new character, sorry about that!

"So this friend of yours... what's her name?" Valkyrie asked as they went to pick up Skulduggery's friend.

"Simone Jakes." He replied simply. Valkyrie couldn't help but wonder about her name. It was so normal yet the last name was maybe a little strange.

"Why did she pick that name?"

"Simone is much like Ghastly. She doesn't use magic unless she needs to and even then it is rare. She doesn't like being magic but was just brought up in a magical family. She picked the name Simone because that was apparently just a name she loved as a child. The name Jakes however, was chosen after her big brother. She was very close to him and his name was Jake. His death was quite horrible and unfortunately she was forced to watch, much like myself and my family's deaths. Anyway, he was killed slowly. The murderer made it take four hours for him to actually die. The torture was beyond disgusting, worse than the agonising pain of Serpine's hand." Valkyrie couldn't believe what she'd heard, it was horrible.

Skulduggery parked the car along the road at his house. A woman around the same height as Valkyrie was sitting on a luggage bag looking bored. She had two more bags next to them. As Valkyrie got out she was able to see Simone's features.

Simone had bright blue eyes and ridiculously long, but natural, eyelashes. Her hair stopped just below her shoulder and it was bright red. It had obviously been dyed and it was straight. She wore black skinny jeans with bright, blue knee-high converses over top. Her tight, long-sleeve top was plain black with an unbuttoned white vest sitting over it. She had fishnet styled fingerless gloves on that matched the colour of her shoes as well. Valkyrie envied her style.

"Skulduggery!" Simone cried out and ran forward. She did a little jump as she hugged Skulduggery and he chuckled. Valkyrie looked down feeling a pang of jealousy.

"How have you been Simone?" Skulduggery asked in his velvet voice.

"Absolutely great now. But I've been bloody waiting here for half an hour! Where were you?" She asked.

"Valkyrie and I were chatting away and time just got away I guess." He laughed shooting a quick glance in Valkyrie's direction.

Simone went and stood in front of Valkyrie. "So you're the one Skulduggery can't shut his mouth about?" She said with a grin and hugged Valkyrie. Valkyrie smiled back and blushed at the same time. Skulduggery began to fidget with his tie. "Oh don't worry he just tells me how great you are." Simone finished with a sly glance at Skulduggery. "So where am I staying?" She asked looking between Valkyrie and Skulduggery.

"Both of you can stay here if you like. We'll just have to take a drive to Valkyrie's to get some of her clothes. Most of them are here but she'll need more I guess." Skulduggery said.

"Well you must stay here a lot." Simone nudged Valkyrie and she went red again. Skulduggery coughed awkwardly.

"Right, uh, well I'll just take these inside if you two want to get in the car and wait." Skulduggery said.

He got all the bags and dumped them in the bedroom where Valkyrie usually slept and went back to the Bentley. He saw Valkyrie laughing at something Simone must have said.

"Ready to go?" He asked as he slipped into the driver's seat and turned the key. He gave a small nod and off they went to Gordon's.

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