The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Jonah stood there, quiet, watching the madness unfold right in front of him.

He'd tried to fade into the background, but somehow, they still yanked him into the

mess.

This whole thing was giving him a pounding headache.

He had no idea how to take control of it.

They'd pissed Raven off, and Jonah knew he didn't have the clout to call the shots.

Around Raven, he barely dared to breathe, let alone open his mouth.

Margaret, clueless about the storm churning in Jonah's head, kept pushing.

She took his silence as him weighing Raven's fate.

"General Yardley," she said, voice firm, "forget I'm her grandma for a minute- breaking someone's legs in broad daylight? That's straight-up jail time, no question."

She barreled on, "She's got zero respect for me, but I'm not gonna sink to her level and ditch family."

Her tone eased up a bit. "No need for the death penalty-just lock her up, toss the key, that's plenty."

Jonah stayed mute, still locked in place.

He was silently begging for a way out of this.

General Valor a life sentence? Yeah, right-pure

the only one staring down a firing squad would be

Hendersons didn't notice how Jonah's

words, clearly

of them muttered, "you're going easy! A creep like her gets life, she'll sweet-talk her way to parole

see you as her grandma-quit

in, done with the back-and-forth. "Margaret, stop yakking-just tell General Yardley to green-light the death

little grin, the family's support pumping her up. Even the ache in her smashed-up knees seemed to

straightened up, eyeing Jonah. "Sir, I'm not heartless, but this girl's gone rotten. The whole Henderson family agrees- death

broke his ribs at how casually Margaret tossed out

let Margaret dig her own hole all she wanted-just not

the heat from Margaret and the Hendersons, Raven turned her head slow, a

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on

she said, smooth and relaxed, "you catching at

bunch blinked, thrown

piece

with death row hanging over her-had

bothering to fight. Margaret's face twisted with fury. "You little brat! You don't get to throw General Yardley's name

hard at Jonah. "Sir, tell your guys to grab her-execute her right here, right now. The

didn't even flick

putting on his toughest game

on his toughest game face. He snapped at the guards the Hendersons had

a group sigh, the tension melting as Jonah finally piped

to Raven-some