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.

himself. "I hope Mom's right-that General Yardley can make

say a word, just glanced

stepped up to

checked out the platinum box, then flipped

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shot through the

box opened up, every soldier

no time, their

full of greed and

was a red crystal

around its edges, with a sharp, blazing flame

had warriors who pushed their bodies to the

powerhouses who fought with Starcards

of Vyrdenia, maybe

one was a force of

raised a Starborne? Vyrdenia piled on the

could handle this Starcard, the family would climb to the top of

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

a little, but her face stayed stone-cold calm

already had four Starcards in her pocket: gold, wood, water, and

final piece of the Universal Five, the

chest and grabbed the Starcard from the

her hand,

of the

that "lock" for a

she let out a quiet sigh, muttering

had seen it coming-collecting the Universal Five wasn't going to be a

didn't have some catch, the

turned to the Henderson bunch, her

ancestors

frowned, looking puzzled.

question and got the

over the

she had to give it to them-grudgingly-that

was sealed, much less

open.

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