Here she is,โ her mum said, cooing at the baby, โmy special girl.โ โOh, cheers,โ Valkyrie said, rolling her eyes.
Derek LandyRight, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, and what we need to get to get what we need.
Derek LandyFletcher appeared beside her. He peered at the baby. "Can it do any tricks yet?" "I'm still working on it. Want to hold her?" "God, no," Fletcher said laughing. "I'd drop it." "It's not an it, it's my baby sister. Go on, hold her. You won't make a mess of it, i swear. Only an idiot could drop a baby." "You always say I am an idiot." "But you're a special kind of idiot. Here." She passed Alice into his arms, and he stood there, rigid, a look of intense concentration on his face.
Derek LandyThereโs no such thing as winning or losing. There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for. Serpine will have won only when there is no one left to stand against him. Until then, there is only the struggle, because tides do what tides doโthey turn.
Derek Landy