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.

voice and twisted his neck

he called, a flicker of relief breaking

man in charge of the Grayson family and the guy pulling strings in Bastion's

in a pod: one owned the city's

Jax and started yelling like he

I'm gonna die

a frosty look before snapping at

he ordered, his voice hit

in her chair, and he

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like she had all the time in the

say no?" she asked, her voice smooth

face turned stormy real

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her,

the thicker the air felt, heavy with

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

She just sat there, her face blank as a calm

he was about ten feet away,

A quiet little sound zipped through

shot out

tried to dodge

needle was

heart ached, and all his strength

so damn bullheaded, he'd

gave him a

Dane and Madeline gone. Leave now, and I'll let it go. But if you freak out my brother, I'll bury you and the whole Grayson crew with

her cool,

own.

in Bastion? Bad call," he growled, low and mean. Raven's lips 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

like

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

dead sure she could