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?

that, the only one staring down a firing squad would

notice how Jonah's

frowned at Margaret's words, clearly not

"you're going easy! A creep like her gets life, she'll sweet-talk her

doesn't even see you as her

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

pumping her up. Even

up, eyeing Jonah. "Sir, I'm not heartless, but this girl's

broke his ribs at how casually Margaret tossed out a death sentence

own hole all she wanted-just not drag himself into

the heat from Margaret and the Hendersons,

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playing on

smooth and

blinked, thrown by her

couldn't piece it

vibe-chill as ever with death row hanging over her-had them

face twisted with fury. "You little brat! You

tell your guys to grab her-execute her right

didn't even flick a

tall, putting on his toughest

toughest game face. He snapped at the

out a group sigh, the tension melting

Raven-some with pity,

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