Valkyrie looked over at Murder Rose as the madwoman laughed and lobbed something at the farmhouse.
Valkyrie whirled. There was an explosion behind her and she was thrown off her feet amid a shower of splinters and rubble and glass. She fell painfully, ears ringing, dust in her mouth, and pain in her shoulder.
“Valkyrie!" Skulduggery shouted.
”I’m okay!" she called back, her voice dull. She looked around for the bag with the Scepter, saw it in the corner.