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.

eyes on Raven, his

snapped, "You're the one

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

at her bold

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sneered. "Think you can strut

to the security guards nearby

reckless kid down!" he

the dozen guards moving in quick and gave Richard a

before I

a scoff, thick

he said. “Who do you think you are?

full of yourself, aren't

and saw they

barked, "What are you waiting

lit up

act tough

figured this nobody actually thought she was

Century Globe Hotel? She must be begging

the last guy who started something here-ended

didn't just hit someone-she had the

figured, he might as well toss his manager job

the same time, Amber watched Raven get boxed

had Raven eating dirt. And now she was acting like a big shot in

little moment, but Amber was set

in middle school, Raven was just a nobody

climbed a step or two since then,

practically seeing her flattened by the guards,

gaze, two of the

Almost there.

Just a bit more,

smashing

right as their hands were about to

through the air from

of you, stop

locked up mid-step, like the order was

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head in the room

back from some pressing errand, booking