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,

"You're the

at him, steady as ever, and

at

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can strut around like

turned to the security guards

this reckless kid down!" he

guards moving in

someone," she said. "I'd rather not mess up this party before I find them. You might wanna check with your boss before you

let out a scoff,

my boss to handle you?" he said.

too full

the guards and saw they

you waiting

their eyes lit up with smug grins as they looked

see you act tough now,'

nobody actually thought she was untouchable

the Century Globe Hotel? She must be begging for

remembered the last guy who started something here-ended up

had the nerve to talk back to

they figured, he might

Amber watched Raven get boxed in, a chilly

now she was acting like a big shot in front of her? Amber

but Amber was

school, Raven was just a nobody

she'd climbed a step or two since then, but to Amber,

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

of the guards'

Almost there.

Just a bit more,

smashing her into the

hands were about to nab her,

the air

you, stop right

guards locked up mid-step, like

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same time, every head in the room snapped toward

raced back from some pressing errand, booking it