The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

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The voice cut through the air as a man in his forties, decked out in a police chief's uniform.

He strode into the blood-drawing room with a handful of officers in tow.

The police chief, froze for a split second, staring at the heap of bodyguards sprawled across the floor.

Madeline latched onto the sight of him like he was her last lifeline, her voice cracking with desperation.

"Ryan... Officer Lawson! She's gonna kill me! Arrest her-shoot her, put her down!" she shrieked, her words tumbling out in a frantic mess.

Maybe it was Madeline's outburst, but Ryan's hand darted to his holster the moment he stepped in.

He yanked out his gun and leveled it straight at Raven's head, the barrel a cold, dark void.

Brynjar and the other two caught the chief's move, their faces hardening like

stone.

Jax's voice dropped to a lethal chill.

"Take her out. I'll clean up the mess," he ordered, his tone flat and unyielding.

But Raven? She just stood there, a faint smirk playing on her lips despite the gun aimed at her skull.

"Ryan, five years ago when I walked out of Bastion Prison, you were still a lowly guard. Climbed the ladder fast, huh? Guess promotions make you forget the little people," she said, cool as a breeze.

Ryan blinked hard, caught off guard.

Then it hit him-like a lightning bolt, his eyes widened.

"You-you're HER..." he stammered, shock lacing his voice.

the gun, quick as if it

trembling, from excitement,

place?" he asked, his voice shaking

bother answering. Instead, she tilted her head

the Graysons. You sure you want in on this?" she asked,

Ryan's face stiffened.

Jax beside him,

advice-settle it

couldn't shake the memories of Bastion Prison, those chilling scenes

just fourteen

sent to THAT hell

the rumors: anyone sent to that hellhole who survived came out

reckoned with, a name that

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figured her power had grown into

"Settle it?" Jax echoed.

knitted

tight with Ryan for years-Ryan knew every card he held, every trick up

here was Ryan, pushing

who

gaze shifted to Raven, heavy with a new kind of respect. He let

Madeline go. The Grayson family will pay whatever you want,"

I want?" Raven let out a soft laugh, sharp with

whole clan wouldn't take more than a word from me.

for a long moment, then turned to Ryan, his

you half the Grayson

twisted into a

half your family's cash sounds sweet, but you've got to be alive

Jax went quiet.

Raven with

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