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.

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

say a word, just glanced at

stepped up

checked out the platinum box, then

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shot through

opened up, every soldier sucked in a

time, their breathing got heavy-Jonah

up, full of greed

the platinum box was a red crystal card, sitting still

curled around its edges, with a sharp,

had warriors who

Starbornes-rare powerhouses who fought with Starcards

Vyrdenia, maybe ten Starborne existed, if

one was a force of nature,

a Starborne? Vyrdenia piled on the perks, setting them up to

Starcard,

eyes glued to the prize she'd rushed

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

had four Starcards in

the final piece of the Universal Five, the game-changer

chest and grabbed

instant it touched her hand, her eyebrow

of the card, zeroing in on

"lock" for a

a quiet sigh, muttering

coming-collecting the Universal Five

some catch, the

Henderson

a seal on it. Did the ancestors ever say anything

frowned, looking puzzled. "What

question and got the picture

drifted over the

the end, she had to give it to them-grudgingly-that they

sealed, much less how to pop

open.

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