The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

The crew behind Jax stared at the phone on the ground, swapping confused glances.

They couldn't figure out what kind of call could shake Jax enough to make him drop it like that. The guy always kept it together.

Next to him, Dane sat in his wheelchair, watching Jax's stiff posture. A sick feeling churned in his stomach.

"Jax, what's up?" he asked, his brow wrinkling.

Jax didn't say a word, just stood there quiet.

Then he slowly turned his head toward Raven, his glare cold and piercing.

"You behind this?" he asked, voice low.

Raven looked back with a small smile.

"Told you," she said easy, "I'd show you what regret feels like."

Jax's fists tightened, knuckles cracking from the pressure.

Dane caught their back-and-forth, and panic hit him hard.

"Jax, what's going on?" he pushed, his voice jumping with worry. Jax took a deep breath, his words coming out rough and gravelly. "The Group-it's finished," he said, heavy and slow.

Dane's eyes widened. He was dumbfounded.

He scrambled for his phone, pulling it out of his pocket in a clumsy rush.

It'd been on silent before they got here he hadn't even noticed till now.

When he got it out, the screen lit up with a call coming in.

He sucked in a shaky breath, his trembling finger tapping accept

done!" the voice

stopped. He jumped

"What happened?" he snapped.

left-how could the Group collapse in

know a ton of that stuff can't hit the light. The cops are already moving in, and we

eyes went wide, shock all over his

tight. The Group had killer programmers-They were

the voice added, sounding helpless. "Our firewall was like

breath and cut

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we fix it?" he

dragged on before a shaky

cooked-bankruptcy's a done deal. Maybe... you could hit up Mr. Jax Grayson to

"Smash!"

phone down in

the ground, breaking apart. It didn't touch the anger burning in his chest, though-his breathing went

out in

he couldn't stomach a hit like this. His fists clenched hard. Then he swung his head

tiny nod, barely noticeable, then set his eyes on Raven and spoke

going to end you fast," he said cold, "but you've pushed

and shook her

thrown around the same tough-guy talk back then-and she'd still snapped his legs like

wasting words on Jax and got to

out of patience," she said, her

I'll take a little

darker, his whole vibe

hard stare on Raven, each word sharp

got," he

was done, and the Grayson family would feel the sting- he got