The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Dane picked up on the dead-serious chill in Raven's tone, and his heart skipped a beat.

But then he let out a harsh, bitter laugh.

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"You want to kill me? If I go down, the mess'll be way more than you can deal with!" he taunted, like she was some clueless kid.

Raven's smirk got sharper,

"Oh, yeah? I'd love to see who's too big for me to touch," she shot back, cool as a cucumber.

With that, she tossed another huge blood bag in front of Dane, then flicked her eyes at the two guys holding him down.

"Keep it going. Bleed him out," she said, her voice hard as nails.

"Yes, ma'am," one of them answered, short and sharp,

He snatched the bag, popped the needle cap, and jammed it back into Dane's vein without a second's pause.

Meanwhile, Madeline-now with Brynjar's needle in her arm-was scared out of her mind.

She screamed without thinking, "Help me! Dane, get me out of this! I don't want to die yet!"

The flirty, delicate act? Long gone.

Staring down death, she was a complete wreck.

"Who the hell are you people?" a voice sliced through the madness.

Right then, a slick guy in his mid-thirties stormed into the blood-draw room, moving quick.

Behind him came a swarm of Grayson Group bodyguards.

The good-looking stranger saw Dane and Madeline looking pathetic, his sharp face turning cold and deadly.

In a flash, a vibe even heavier than Dane's hit the room, pouring off this guy.

heard the voice and twisted his neck toward

called, a flicker of relief

was Jax Grayson-the man in charge of the Grayson family

Dane were like two peas in a pod: one owned the city's legit business scene, the other ran

wall, Madeline spotted Jax and started yelling

I'm gonna die if this keeps going!" she

a frosty look before snapping

them go!" he ordered, his voice hit

chair, and he knew

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with Jax, tilting her head like she had all the

asked, her voice smooth

face turned stormy

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her,

air felt, heavy with

some normal guy, that vibe might've had her shaking

her

away, her hand flicked up, fast

quiet little sound

silver needle shot out like

tried to

By the time he reacted, the needle was

heart ached, and all his strength leaked

damn bullheaded, he'd have faceplanted right

gave him a

my brother, I'll

rage as her cool, in-charge tone hit him harder than

own.

twitched into a tiny smirk. "Guess I'll see what a 'bad call' feels like.” "Jax,

was trembling like

bag was already in her, and she could tell-her head was pounding, her chest squeezed

sure she could