The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Vivian stared at Rex, her mind going blank.

Everything she thought she knew exploded right in front of her, leaving her dizzy.

She knew Rex was a military general.

So she was stunned when he dropped on his knees in front of Raven.

It turns out that, this random girl from Bastion wasn't just the Valhalla master but a general too.

Vivian didn't get it-How did a 19-year-old become a general?

She couldn't come up with a second one in her life who had pulled off something this wild.

Eddie stood there, just as stunned, his eyes empty.

Learning Raven was the Valhalla master had already knocked him sideways.

Now Rex kneeling made it clear her rank might even top his.

All his efforts to protect Raven made him feel like a clown now.

"Shouldn't have come," he mocked himself bitterly.

Next to Raven, he-the future head of Regalhold's Valor family-felt like a complete nobody.

Thinking back to how he'd begged Raven to run, not once but twice, he wanted to dig a hole and hide.

Someone like her against the Grayson family was like an elephant crushing ants- she'd flatten them without even trying.

And he'd told her to run... Now that just looked dummy.

caught up in his own storm of feelings, didn't

Raven, his eyes full

said, his voice breaking, "they're all

him, her face blank,

you," she said calmly, "I let Dane off yesterday because you're a

take the hint. That's not my

turned to Thorian and Brynjar

"Do it," she said.

heart slammed in his chest,

snapped his head back to Raven, panic pouring

hollered, "Even if you outrank me, killing

lips curled into a

eyes? They

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Chapter 28

Dane care about Vyrdenia law when he tried

about it when he showed up with two hundred guys to take

dead by now," she sneered, "And you, hiding in the background,

law in my face?" A little sarcasm slipped into her

plaything? Use it when it works for you, ditch it when it doesn't?" She didn't

hit hard, his throat

then he took a

serious. "They're just regular Vyrdenia people. You're a military higher-up-everything you do carries Vyrdenia's weight.

big talk could get him slapped with a charge for

with his only son and brother

right into his eyes, her gaze getting frostier

voice sliced through, cold enough to stop Rex

I say they're dying anyway?"

a slow breath, his

I'll have to take this to General Lorne Drakon," he