Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Cole (44 page)
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Authors: Derek Landy
“I regret being mortally wounded just a few minutes ago.”
“Understandable.”
“Apart from that, no. I lived. I killed. My life is my own.”
The rot was seeping through Tesseract’s body. He turned his hand over, but it was probably a good thing he couldn’t see much in this dim light. He felt the flesh bubble, like he was being boiled from the inside out. It was an effort to look up again.
“What about you?” he asked, his words not much more than a mumble. “Regrets?”
“Many,” Skulduggery said.
Tesseract’s breath rattled in his chest. “That’s the good thing about living. You get to make up for past mistakes.”
“Or make brand-new ones.”
Tesseract tried to smile, but didn’t have the strength for it. His head dipped, and Skulduggery reached out to steady him. The sun cracked the horizon, split it with light that spilled through the sky in streaks of orange and deep red.
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