The Maleficent Seven by Derek Landy

Author:Derek Landy [Landy, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Action & Adventure, General, Humorous Stories, Fantasy & Magic, Horror & Ghost Stories
ISBN: 9780007512393
Google: xAHUCaxmCN8C
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2013-03-28T00:20:19+00:00

aracen Rue knows things.

That’s what Dexter Vex was told all those hundreds of years ago before they first met. He couldn’t remember who had introduced them – Skulduggery? Ghastly? Ravel maybe – but when he’d asked what magical discipline Saracen had chosen, he’d been assured that Saracen Rue knows things. That was all.

Was he a Sensitive? Did he read minds? Could he predict the future? No one knew. Did he know everything? Nope. He didn’t know who this mysterious woman was, for example. He didn’t know if she’d been after the dagger for selfish or noble reasons. He didn’t know how far ahead of them she was. There were just some things he knew – and, in a tight spot, that was very often exactly what was needed.

Vex had asked, of course. He asked when he first met him, and he asked ten years later, and he asked ten years after that. Once every ten years, in fact, he’d ask Saracen exactly what his power was. And all Saracen would do was smile and tap his nose.

It was very, very annoying.

But for every one thing that Saracen knew, there were a hundred he didn’t.

“So this Valkyrie Cain I’ve been hearing so much about,” Saracen said as they stepped off the jet on to a small Chicago airfield. “What’s she like?”

The others hurried along behind, each of them carrying a light duffel bag. Apart from Wilhelm, who was lugging a suitcase behind him.

Vex shrugged as they walked. “Everything you’d expect. Tough. Intelligent. Resourceful. She doesn’t let Skulduggery get away with anything.”

“More than a match?”

“From what I’ve seen.”

“Good,” said Saracen. “Good, he needs that. Needs someone to keep him on the straight and narrow.”

There was a van waiting for them and they got in the front while the others piled in the back. Vex started the engine and they pulled out on to a narrow road, started driving to the city.

“How’s he doing, anyway?” Saracen asked.

Vex’s foot was heavy on the accelerator. “Skulduggery’s Skulduggery − you know how he is.”

“Yeah. Haven’t talked to him in... must be five years. Last time was a few weeks after he’d killed Serpine. I just called him up to see how he was and he seemed... quiet.”

“Wouldn’t you be?” said Vex, glancing at him. “He’d been waiting for centuries to get his revenge on that psychopath. He finally gets it and suddenly he looks around and goes, OK, now what? I think Valkyrie gave him purpose again.”

“So you approve?”

“Oh, I approve.”

Saracen nodded. “Good enough for me. Can this thing go any faster?”

“Don’t know,” said Vex. “Let’s find out.”

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