The Dying of the Light
“Valkyrie woke with her heart thumping, her hands gripping the sheets. She lay very still, until she was sure it was just a dream. After a moment, tears came to her eyes, and she started crying.
Then her phone rang, and she cleared her throat and answered.
“Stephanie’s body is gone.”
Valkyrie sat up, her eyes wide and her bad dream forgotten. “What?”
“Doctor Synecdoche was found unconscious an hour ago,” Skulduggery said. It sounded like he was walking. “She identified Vincent Foe as one of the people who assaulted her when she was checking the body into the morgue. That was at three o’clock this morning.”
Valkyrie checked the time on her bedside clock. “The body’s been gone for six hours?”
“Synecdoche is OK, no one else was injured, but there’s no sign of the body and no sign of Foe.”
Valkyrie threw the covers off and got out of bed, started gathering up her clothes. “Do we know why they did it? Obloquy was part of Foe’s gang – is this revenge against Darquesse?
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