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.

own storm of feelings, didn't have time to worry about what anyone

looked up at Raven, his eyes full of a

all the family I've got left.

at him, her face blank, not

"I let Dane off yesterday because you're

take the

to Thorian and Brynjar next to

"Do it," she said.

heart slammed in

his head back to Raven, panic

outrank me, killing them in public goes

curled into a

eyes? They got colder,

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Chapter 28

back, her voice icy. "Did Dane care about

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

be dead by now," she sneered, "And you,

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

law just your plaything? Use it when it works for you, ditch

words hit hard, his throat

he took a breath, straightening

You're a military higher-up-everything you do carries Vyrdenia's weight.

knew that big talk could get him slapped with a charge for disrespecting a

his only son and brother

right into his eyes, her gaze getting

her voice sliced through, cold enough to

I say they're dying

slow breath,

take this to General Lorne Drakon," he

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