The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Margaret jumped up, her voice cutting through the air. "Hold it right there!"

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She turned to General Yardley, softening a bit. "General Yardley, we screwed up, and we're sorry. Let us go, please-I'll hand over the Henderson family heirloom. It's all yours!"

Raven quirked an eyebrow, throwing up a hand to freeze everyone in place.

She hadn't even started hunting for it, and now Margaret was just tossing it her way like a gift.

Well, that saved her a whole lot of hassle.

The Henderson family members stood there, stunned, their eyes popping out at Margaret's offer.

A few of them yelled at once, "Margaret, don't do it!"

One guy stepped up, his voice shaky with panic. "That's the heart of our family! We can't just give it up!"

Another jumped in, his face red and worked up. “Grandpa said before he passed- if one of us can tame that thing, we could get the whole Vyrdenia under control! Margaret, I'd rather sit in a cell than watch that dream die for good!"

Margaret's face tightened, her voice dropping.

"You all know what Bastion Prison's like," she said, "These old bones aren't walking out of there. What? You want me dead?"

She kept going, steady and sure. "Anyway, that thing's been collecting dust with us for years, and nobody's cracked it. Maybe General Yardley can actually put it to use!"

Before anyone could argue back, Margaret leaned toward Jonah.

She picked her words carefully. "General Yardley, can my son go get it?"

Jonah's eyes flicked to Raven.

Raven gave Malcolm a quick look, her tone calm. "Go ahead."

The guy holding Malcolm let him loose.

Malcolm took off toward the Henderson family's safe room, finally free.

Five minutes later, he was back.

He held a small, gleaming white platinum box-about two fingers wide-like it was something holy.

He stopped in front of General Yardley, staring at the box with a pang of regret.

"This thing's been ours forever, but nobody's ever gotten it under control. If people knew about it, it'd just bring trouble," he said, his voice shaky.

voice dropped low, almost to himself. "I hope Mom's right-that General Yardley can make

didn't say a word, just glanced

up to

out the platinum box, then flipped it

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shot

up,

no time, their breathing got

full of

red

designs curled around its edges, with a sharp, blazing flame symbol smack

warriors who pushed

were the Starbornes-rare powerhouses who fought

all of Vyrdenia, maybe

a force of

Starborne? Vyrdenia piled on the perks, setting them up

old Mr. Henderson swore-if someone could handle this Starcard, the family would

stood firm, her eyes glued to the prize she'd rushed back from the

little, but her face stayed stone-cold calm while everyone else

Starcards in her pocket:

the Universal

the thrill buzzing in her chest and grabbed the Starcard from the platinum

instant it touched her hand,

bottom right corner of the card, zeroing in on

that "lock" for a beat or

let out a quiet

coming-collecting the Universal Five

this Starcard didn't have some catch, the

to the Henderson

Starcard's got a seal on it. Did the ancestors ever say anything about how to break it?" she

frowned, looking puzzled. "What

his question and

the other Hendersons

it to them-grudgingly-that they

less how to pop

open.

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