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!"

right beside her, nodded

you a golden ticket with Gerald.

she sneered, "You could've played it smart as Gerald's wife. You'd

the family that raised me. No dignity-just slinking back like a stray begging for crumbs!" she

edged closer to

pocket, tossed it on the

taking you back, you deadbeat. But you want

"Here's one hundred. Get on your knees,

Hendersons' stares

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

Hendersons and still won't let up,"

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first one went on, "Kneel! Pick up the cash and get

uglier

on

her foot to nudge

just as

slap echoed

Miranda yelped. The hit

went silent as

Hendersons gawked at Raven, jaws

Loretta, her mom,

voice tight with

daughter's side,

by one when

How dare she?" a voice

family member hollered, "You little punk! You trashed the Hendersons, and now you just trying to

smack

poor

Miranda, who was

you! And this is how you