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

"You're the one who

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

squinted at

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you can strut around like you own the

security

reckless kid down!" he

dozen guards moving in

said. "I'd rather not mess up this party before I

out a

my boss to handle you?" he said. “Who do you think you are?

too full of yourself, aren't

to the guards and saw they stop

barked, "What are you waiting

crowd caught Richard's words, and their eyes lit up with smug grins as they looked at

you act tough now,' they

figured this nobody actually thought she was untouchable

Globe Hotel? She must be begging for

the last guy who started something here-ended

just hit someone-she had the nerve to talk back to

they figured, he might as

Amber watched Raven get boxed in, a chilly smirk

acting like a

but Amber was set to

was just a nobody to

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

on Raven, practically seeing her flattened by the guards,

gaze, two of the guards'

Almost there.

Just a bit more,

from smashing her

about

the air

All of you, stop right now!"

locked up mid-step, like the order was

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head in the room snapped toward the

just raced back from some pressing errand, booking it over