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.

twisted his neck toward the

flicker of relief breaking through his usual icy

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

in a pod: one owned the city's legit business

Jax and started yelling

don't match! I'm gonna die

a frosty look before

his voice hit like

in her chair, and

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Jax, tilting her head like she had

no?" she asked, her voice smooth and

face turned stormy real

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at her, taking big,

the thicker the air felt,

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

her face

he was about ten feet away, her hand flicked

little sound zipped through the

shot out like a

to dodge

the needle was already stuck in somewhere on

and all his strength

so damn bullheaded, he'd have faceplanted right

gave him a cold, unbothered

now, and I'll let it go. But if you freak out my brother, I'll bury you and the whole Grayson crew with them," she said, her voice flat but sharp as a

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

own.

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

like an

she could tell-her head was pounding, her

was dead sure she could kick the bucket