“There’s four of them,” China whispered from the front. “One on my side. Three around Skulduggery.”
There was a knock on the passenger side window. China wound it down.
“Hello, there,” Valkyrie heard a cop say.
“Hello,” China said back, a smile in her voice.
Valkyrie noticed Tanith moving slightly. The streetlight glinted briefly across the steel of her sword. Valkyrie swallowed.
There was a short cry from outside, then something slammed into the side of the van at the same time as China kicked her door open. The sound of the door hitting the cop’s head was unmistakable. China closed her door calmly as Skulduggery got back behind the wheel, and they sped on.
“Trouble?” Tanith asked, sitting up.
“Nothing I couldn’t talk my way out of,” Skulduggery replied.