Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Right then, Eddie took a quick breath and turned to Raven.

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He frowned and said, "The Grayson family's just a small-time crew in Bastion, aren't they? A family like that... One Mid-Class Warrior is pushing it-how'd they manage to snag three?"

Brynjar gave him a sideways look, dripping with disdain, and said coolly, "Yup, three, but still not a big deal."

Eddie saw the group across from them getting closer, and he spun around, panic kicking in.

"We can't take them!" he snapped. "Move! We've gotta get out of here!"

Brynjar sized up Eddie's jittery energy and shook his head, not impressed.

"Run where?" he asked flatly. "If they've really got us beat, you think legging it will do any good?"

Eddie's face froze at Brynjar's words, his eyes going empty.

A second later, his hands fell slack by his sides, and he just stood there, stuck. Brynjar was right.

There were too many of them. There was no way to escape now.

Over to the side, Vivian picked up on Brynjar's calm words and grinned at him.

mocked, "seems like you know when to throw in

Raven Valor,

family couldn't send any warriors to help her

to get the

Jax Grayson's shiny shoes like a beat-

in a marriage deal to seal it, and get him to

hands on Raven, she'd make

stopped about thirty feet from Raven

there, steady as a rock, and a quick flash

skimmed the rest of

to drop off an

and let a small, crooked

one for you-but

some ice-in-her-veins cool. Turns out, she was just

sighed and looked down at

whole day to get an apology ready,”

spent it scheming against me. Mr. Grayson, going back on

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has a cost."

tightened, his expression

back. "Either break your own

smile as

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