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Chapters (81)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
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  77. Glossary
  78. Dramatis Personae
  79. Keep Reading …
  80. The Skulduggery Pleasant series
  81. About the Publisher

“He’s got a goddamn sword. Look at it. It’s huge.”

“But there are two of us.”

“I’m not trained in this kind of thing,” Cadaverous said. “I’m only good against untrained mortals, when I’m on home turf or when I can cheat. Look, this doesn’t have to be a big deal. Keep on fighting, put him in shackles and I’ll be in the car.”

Cadaverous walked for the door, but Pleasant blocked his way.

Cadaverous sighed. “The unavoidable truth of the matter is that I’m an elderly man. The pair of you may technically be older, but I’m the one with the seventy-eight-year-old body. It hurts when I bend over. It hurts when I don’t bend over. It just hurts.”

“This is a very odd situation,” Rut murmured.

“Quiet, you,” said Pleasant, pulling out his gun and shooting Tanner Rut in the shoulder. Rut went down, screaming, his sword clattering to the floor.

The smell of gunpowder wafted through the small house, and the gun swung slowly until it was pointing straight at Cadaverous’s belly.

Cadaverous regarded the skeleton without expression. “I was wondering when you were going to take your chance.”

“Now seems like as good a time as any.”

“Lethe won’t like it. If you kill me, then he’ll kill you.”

“Lethe’s not going to kill me,” Pleasant said. “Abyssinia and I have a history. She won’t let him.”

“She has a history with me, too. She talks to me more than she does the others. In her eyes, I’m a favoured son. She’s not going to look kindly on my murder.”

“I know her better than you, Cadaverous. She’ll get over it.”

Cadaverous kept his voice even. “Are you quite sure about that, skeleton? Can you claim to know her plans? Can you claim to know her so well that nothing she does would surprise you?”

The gun stayed level. Tanner Rut stopped screaming. He’d passed out on the floor.

Pleasant put his gun away. “You can carry him to the car,” he said. “Make yourself useful.” He walked out.

Cadaverous exhaled, then took hold of Rut’s ankles and dragged him out of the house.

51

“You look terrible,” Auger said, sitting at the end of the bed. The school’s Medical Wing was quiet. All the other beds were empty. Omen’s head was still a bit fuzzy so he just lay there, waiting for Auger to say something else. Seconds limped by.

“Concussion,” Auger said at last.

Omen tried a shrug.

“How did you get concussion?”

“Hit my head.”

“How?”

“By accident.”

“What did you do?”

“Hit my head by accident.”

Auger watched him. “Mum and Dad called,” he said.

Omen frowned. “You told them?”

“They knew. The school has to alert the parents if someone gets injured.”

“It’s just a concussion. You’ve had plenty.”