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  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
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  78. Dramatis Personae
  79. Keep Reading …
  80. The Skulduggery Pleasant series
  81. About the Publisher

“You said if you helped me, then I’d help you. You helped me. It didn’t work out the way I wanted, but you still helped me. So what do you need in return?”

Sebastian took off his hat, held it in both hands as he took a seat. His chin itched beneath his mask. “There are two types of people in this world,” he said. “The type who fear Darquesse, and the type who worship her. I don’t fear her.”

Bennet nodded. “So you want to be part of our club, is that it? You didn’t have to help me out to do that. You just have to turn up. Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there isn’t exactly a line of people clamouring to join. We meet once a week. We pray. We share stories.”

“Do you try to contact her?”

Bennet laughed.

“What’s so funny?”

“She’s gone, Mr Plague Doctor. She’s not coming back. The Sanctuary people hit her with an illusion, made her think she’d killed everyone, and she left us for another dimension. She’s not coming back because she doesn’t think there’s anything to come back to.”

“So why do you pray to her?”

Bennet went quiet for a moment. “Because I saw first-hand what she can do, and when you witness something like that you … you understand what it’s like to see God. You understand your own insignificance. Your place. And … and something else too. You … you …”

“You fall in love,” said Sebastian.

Bennet looked up. “Yes. I suppose … I suppose, compared to that, Odetta didn’t have a chance, did she? She was right to leave me. This is all my fault.”

“Have you heard of Silas Nadir?” Sebastian asked. “Do you know what he did?”

“The serial killer?”

“That’s him. He shunted Valkyrie Cain back and forth between this reality and the Leibniz Universe.”

“The what?”

“The universe where Mevolent is still alive.”

“Oh,” said Bennet, “yes. So?”

“The pathway is open still. The Shunters here can now get over there relatively easily. And the Shunters there can come over here. More Shunters are being trained, probably in both realities.”

“So? What does this have to do with Darquesse?”

“We’ll need a Shunter and a way to track her,” Sebastian said. “Getting a Shunter will be easy because of all this recent activity. That’s our first step.”

Bennet sat a little straighter. “You’re telling me that there is an actual chance that we could communicate with Darquesse?”

“I haven’t worked all of it out yet, and I’ll need time and a lot of luck – but, if I’m right, we can do more than communicate with her. That’s why I need your help, Bennet. I need your help to bring her back.”

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