SP fanfic chapter 1 part 2

Continued...

They turned into the living room and saw a man who looked like he was in his late 20's, he was looking down at the swirling red wine in his hand and they couldn't see his face. He was sitting on an armchair next to the only light in the house - the fireplace - where he was burning a pile of dead bodies, she was almost sick from the smell.
"Draco Hellsworth, hello. How are you?" Skulduggery lowered his gun but didn't put it away then extinguished his flame, she did the same.
"I'm fine Skulduggery, come now, put the gun away old friend, you wouldn't pull the triger infront of your beautiful partner would you?"
For the first time Draco looked up, staring at her, his dark green eyes flickering and dancing with the flames from the fireplace, his black hair framing his face perfectly, he smiled at her, he seemed almost charming if he wasn't surrounded by dead bodies.
He licked his lips. "It would be such a shame to hurt such a pretty face." He gestured to the seats across from him, Valkyrie hesitated, waiting for Skulduggery to move. He sat at the 2nd closest chair to the fireplace, leaving her to sit next to the dead bodies and across from Draco.
He reached forward and took her hand, kissing it. "Pleasure to meet you Miss Cain, how did you find your way to the Skeleton Detective here? He's such a grouch, we used to be friends but after his family died he has hated almost everyone.You must be special."
Skulduggery folded his arms and put his gun away. "I remember no such thing. You tried talking to me but I ignored you, I also hit you a couple of times.
Draco nodded sadly then clutched his cheek as if remembering the sensation "your punches hurt you're always getting into trouble,  even now you are both in danger and its on your head, Skeleton.
Draco stood up and kicked Skulduggery in the face then pushed at the air, sending him to the room on the other side of the hall. He walked back over to her and she tensed up, unable to move from the chair, she looked at her wrists that had been bound, aswell as her magic.
"No point trying to escape sweetheart, I'll kill you slowly and painfully, listening to you scream so don't worry about a thing" He grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him as he pulled out a knife, he cut along her cheek then did the same to her other cheek, she cried out, feeling the slow trickle of blood down her chin and neck.
"Even your scream sounds beautiful" he grinned and moved the blade down towards her neck as Skulduggery punched him in the face, knocking the knife from his hand. He quickly turned to Valkyrie and tried to prys off the straps but they wouldn't budge.  He clicked his fingers and summoned a flame, he held it to the strap and it started to burn
"I'm sorry about this" he said as the flame started burning her skin, she bit her lip and tried not to cry as the strap fell off but Draco was back and he swipped at Skulduggery's feet from him making him fall and smashing his chin off her knee as he went down.
"Skulduggery!" She cried as Draco held a flame to his suit and set it on fire then threw him out the window. He dusted his hands and turned back to her. She quickly summoned a flame and fired but he dodged it easily. She grabbed a fist of shadows which hit him in the chest, pushing him back.. She didn't waste time, she summoned another flame and held it to her other strap, she cried out as it burned through it. She looked down at her burnt wrists, tears in her eyes but Draco lunged for her, grabbing her wrists and making her scream, she fell onto her knees. He flipped her over and sat ontop of her, tightening his grip making her scream louder, she felt tears run down her face. He let go of her wrists and grabbed her throat. She kicked but he wouldn't move, she tried to punch him but it hurt herself more than it hurt him, her vision was fading,  she was going to pass out. She heard Skulduggery crash back through the window just before she fell unconsious.