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  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
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  114. Also by Derek Landy
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“We need him back,” Skulduggery said. “The one constant when it comes to Darquesse has been her insistence that Ravel be punished.”

Tanith frowned. Punished?

“Shunting him out of her clutches has undoubtedly got her attention, but if we want to draw her in, we need him here.”

“More than that,” China said, “Darquesse has a tendency to develop new abilities at a frightening rate. If she learns how to shunt and she goes after Ravel, if she finds him before we do, we’ve lost our only chance to predict where she’ll be.”

“We need to go,” Skulduggery said. “Now.”

“I agree,” said China. “But you have to realise that Mevolent is now aware of our incursion, and he may very well be expecting another visit. If I order—”

“You don’t have to order it,” Skulduggery said. “I volunteer.”

“Me too,” said Valkyrie. Then she hesitated. “Well, if …”

Skulduggery looked at her. “If what?”

“If you want me. There’s probably not a whole lot I’d be able to do.”

He looked back at China. “Then we both volunteer. But us two – no more. A larger group would be easier to detect.”

China nodded. “Agreed. Mr Signate, you will shunt my detectives over and you will facilitate their return trip. Skulduggery, Valkyrie, I would like to tell you to take an hour to prepare, but time is of the essence. If Ravel is on foot, you need to start tracking him down immediately. If Mevolent’s forces have taken him … you’ll need to get him back.”

Skulduggery nodded. “We leave in five minutes.”

Valkyrie hurried over to Tanith.

“What the hell is going on?” Tanith asked when they were out in the corridor again. “Mevolent? He’s dead.”

“Our Mevolent is dead,” said Valkyrie, “but about a year ago we shunted into an alternate reality where he’s very much alive and pretty much ruling the world.”

“And you’re going back there? And what’s this about Ravel? Why does Darquesse want to punish him?”

Valkyrie hesitated.

“What is it?” Tanith asked. “You’re holding something back, something bad, but we don’t have time for that any more. We have minutes before you leave. So just tell me what this terrible thing is that’s happened and get it over with.”

Whatever it was, Tanith’s anger wasn’t going to bring it to the surface any quicker.

Valkyrie licked her lips. “They told me you tried Ghastly’s place before you came here.”

“I did. He wasn’t in.”

“No,” Valkyrie said quietly. “He wasn’t.”

49

STOPPING FOR GAS

Image Missingmazingly, Danny falls asleep.