The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Raven's stare felt like it could turn the room to ice, and everyone held their breath without even realizing it.

For a second, a weird quiet settled over everything.

Raven scanned the frozen crowd, her vibe getting even colder.

"Didn't you hear me?" she asked, her voice sharp and frosty.

"Y-yeah, we heard..." a couple of the shyer ones muttered under their breath, almost on autopilot.

The rest kept their mouths shut, but nobody dared to talk back.

The rest kept their mouths shut, but nobody dared to talk back.Amber watched Raven take over the room, her fists balling up tight.

To her, some nobody she'd almost pushed into a pile of crap back in middle school had no right acting this big in front of her.

But as she peeked at Raven standing there, calm and untouchable, Amber couldn't find the nerve to stand up and say a thing.

Her resentment started boiling up, practically strangling her.

Just then, a firm, no-nonsense voice broke through from across the room.

"What's going on here?" the man demanded, low and steady.

Everyone turned toward the voice at once.

A few in the crowd recognized the middle-aged guy walking over and greeted him quick with respect.

"Mr. Wentworth!" they called out.

It was Richard Wentworth, the hotel's service manager.

A spark of desperate relief flashed across Amber's face.

In the next moment, she looked at Richard, her voice shaky and rushed.

"Sir, my friend's been knocked out cold," she said. "Could you see if there's a doctor around to help her out fast?”

"Knocked out?" Richard's face turned grim right away.

"Who did it?" he asked, his tone stiff.

Amber's eyes darted to Raven without thinking.

But just as fast, she flinched back, like a scared rabbit, looking away quick.

Richard caught the gesture-he immediately got who it was.

locked eyes on Raven,

snapped, "You're the one who did

back at him, steady as ever, and nodded without missing a beat.

at her bold

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sneered. "Think you can strut around like you own the

to the security guards nearby

kid down!" he

at the dozen guards moving in quick and gave Richard a laid- back

up this party before I find them. You might wanna check with your boss before you try

out a

to handle you?" he said.

full

and

"What are you waiting

and their eyes lit up with smug grins as they

act tough

figured this nobody actually

trouble in the Century Globe Hotel? She

started something here-ended

this loser didn't just hit someone-she had the nerve to talk back to Richard's

slide, they figured, he might as well toss his

get boxed in, a chilly

eating dirt. And now she was acting like a big shot in front of

Amber was set to

school, Raven was just a

or two since then, but to Amber, she was still

locked on Raven, practically seeing her flattened by the guards, groveling for mercy on her

of the guards'

Almost there.

Just a bit more,

second from smashing her into the

their hands were about

the

of you, stop right now!" a

up mid-step, like the order was drilled into their

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head in the room snapped toward the

raced back from