The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

After a brief pause, Margaret's voice roared again. "You little punk-what are you doing here?"

Raven looked older now, more mature. Even so, Margaret was dead certain this was the same troublemaker.

Five years back, she had turned the Jennings family against the Hendersons and torched every bridge they had.

The rest of the Hendersons scowled. They glared at Raven like she was something nasty stuck to their shoes.

"No wonder she rings a bell. She's that little beast from five years ago!" someone said, voice dripping with ice.

"She stepped out of a military ride," another piped up, caught off guard.

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"Heard she got out of prison today. Maybe she kept her nose clean, and the jail's gone soft, so they gave her a lift," someone speculated.

"She's got some guts showing her face here again," a family member spat.

Raven's eyes drifted over the crowd, taking her time.

At last, they landed on Margaret's stern glare. A chilly smirk crept onto her face.

"I'm back. And you're not happy about it," she said, cool as can be.

Margaret caught that smirk. It sent a shiver down her spine.

But before she could get a word out, Aunt Loretta stepped forward.

She shot Raven a look like she was garbage.

"Happy? Do you even get how much you messed up the Hendersons?" Loretta snapped.

She shouted, "If you hadn't taken out Gerald Jennings, we'd be running Bastion by now!"

beside

you a golden ticket with Gerald. That

smart as Gerald's wife. You'd

in jail. Too embarrassed to face the family that raised me. No dignity-just slinking back like a stray begging for crumbs!" she

edged closer

a hundred bucks from her pocket, tossed

deadbeat. But you

scoffed, "Here's one hundred. Get on your knees, grab it-it's all

other Hendersons'

family's curse. You don't get a dime of

wrecked the Hendersons and still

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Pick up the cash and get

uglier

on your knees!"

her foot to nudge Raven's

just as

sharp slap

The hit

silent as

Hendersons gawked at Raven, jaws

Loretta, her mom, snapped back to

voice

to her daughter's side, checking

senses one by

she?" a voice blurted

trashed the Hendersons, and now

smack

poor

Miranda, who was

to you! And this is