Since Larrikin had left, Valdis had tried to ignore Anton's uncharacteristic emotional state, but added to her own curiosity about the Dead Men that Larrikin had mentioned, she couldn't get her mind off it. There were so many things on her mind and talking to Anton seemed to be a good idea even without her curiosity over these 'suicide missions' he had gone on with Skulduggery and Larrikin.

She walked down from her room to the lobby just in time to hear the soft sound of Anton's tablet announcing that it was time for him to be social. The lobby was filled with flowers, most of which she didn't recognize, but they were lovely nonetheless. She leaned against the reception desk, briefly recalling how she had once destroyed it in a fight with Anton. That seemed like forever ago, and in a way it was almost a different lifetime.