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.

and twisted his neck toward

relief breaking

charge of the Grayson family and the guy pulling strings

owned the city's legit business scene, the other

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

Dane's blood into me-our types don't match! I'm gonna die if this keeps going!" she cried,

threw Madeline a frosty look before snapping

he ordered, his voice hit like a

Raven kicking back in her chair, and he knew she was the

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head like she had all the

say no?" she asked,

face turned stormy real

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charged at her, taking big,

the air

some normal guy, that

She just sat there, her face blank as

about ten feet away, her hand flicked

A quiet little sound

silver needle shot out

tried to

By the time he reacted, the needle was already stuck in somewhere on his

ached, and all his strength leaked

weren't so damn bullheaded, he'd have faceplanted right

gave him a cold, unbothered

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

her cool, in-charge tone hit him

own.

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!"

like

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

was dead sure she could kick