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.

Valor a life sentence? Yeah, right-pure

even tried that, the only one staring

didn't notice how Jonah's face

frowned at Margaret's words, clearly not

A creep like her gets life, she'll sweet-talk her way to parole

in, nodding fast. “Yeah, Margaret, she doesn't even see you as her grandma-quit acting like

the back-and-forth. "Margaret, stop yakking-just tell

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

not heartless, but this girl's gone rotten. The whole

his ribs at how casually Margaret tossed

could let Margaret dig her own hole all she wanted-just

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

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playing on

smooth and relaxed, "you catching

bunch blinked, thrown

couldn't piece

ever with death row hanging

end was near and had quit bothering to fight. Margaret's face twisted

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

didn't even flick a glance

putting on his toughest game

his toughest game face. He snapped at the guards the Hendersons had brought, "Take her

group sigh, the

to Raven-some