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

called, a flicker of relief breaking through his usual

Jax Grayson-the man in charge of the Grayson

pod: one owned the city's legit business

the wall, Madeline spotted Jax and started yelling like he was her

blood into me-our types don't match! I'm gonna die if this keeps

Madeline a frosty

ordered, his voice

her chair, and he knew she was the one

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her head like she had all the time in

she asked, her voice smooth and totally

turned stormy real

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at her,

air felt, heavy with a creepy, dark

normal guy, that vibe might've had her shaking and begging

She just sat there, her face

ten feet away, her hand flicked up, fast

sound

silver needle shot out like

to dodge on

the needle was already stuck in somewhere on his

all his

weren't so damn bullheaded,

a cold, unbothered

if you freak out my brother, I'll bury you and the whole Grayson crew with them,"

eyes burned with rage as her cool, in-charge tone

own.

twitched into a tiny smirk. "Guess I'll see what a 'bad call' feels like.” "Jax, Jax, save me!" Madeline's wobbly voice cut in, loud and

was trembling like

she could tell-her head was pounding, her

was dead sure she