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.

Lieutenant General Valor a life sentence? Yeah,

the only one staring down a firing squad would

didn't notice how Jonah's

frowned at Margaret's words, clearly not

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

she doesn't even see you as

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

curled into a smug little grin, the family's support pumping her up. Even

not heartless, but this girl's gone rotten. The whole Henderson family agrees- death penalty's

ribs at how casually Margaret

own hole all she wanted-just not drag himself into

was about to buckle under the heat from Margaret and the Hendersons, Raven turned her head slow,

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on her

smooth and relaxed, "you catching

blinked, thrown by her

couldn't piece it

death row hanging over her-had them

twisted with fury. "You little brat! You don't get to throw

pointed hard at Jonah. "Sir, tell your guys to grab her-execute

didn't even flick a glance at

putting on his toughest

game face. He snapped at the

sigh, the tension melting as Jonah finally

eyes swung to Raven-some with pity,