Bedlam Chapter Sampler

Valkyrie caught her in the side with a streak of lightning that spun her sideways and sent her down. Valkyrie pulled her magic back in and quelled it before it scorched her clothes. That was getting to be a problem. Yonder was lying on his belly, his hands cuffed behind him. “You can’t do this!” he raged. “I’m an officer of the City Guard!” “Not for long,” Skulduggery said. Yonder rolled on to his side so he could glare at him. “No one will believe you! Commander Hoc knows you’ve had it in for me from the beginning! He’ll take my side!” “He won’t have a choice,” Valkyrie said, walking over. “He’ll do what Supreme Mage Sorrows tells him to.” Yonder snarled. “You’re so smug, aren’t you? You’re in with the Supreme Mage, so you get to strut around, doing whatever you want. Let me tell you, let me be the one to tell you – that time is coming to an end. You hear me? Things are going to change around here.” Despite her worries, despite her anxiety, despite everything that had happened and everything she had done, Valkyrie looked down at Sergeant Yonder and found she still had the capacity to laugh at stupid people.