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 one

and nodded without missing a beat. "Yeah, that was

squinted at

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can strut around like

he turned to the security guards nearby and barked

this reckless kid

guards moving in quick and gave Richard

not mess up this party before I find them. You might wanna check with your

let out a scoff, thick with

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

full of

swung back to the guards and saw they stop

barked, "What are you

words, and their eyes lit up with

see you act tough now,' they

nobody actually

Century Globe Hotel? She must be

who started something here-ended up with

had the nerve to talk back to Richard's

her slide, they figured, he might as well toss his manager

the same time, Amber watched Raven get boxed

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

but Amber was set to see

middle school, Raven was just a

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

seeing her flattened by

her gaze, two of the guards' hands edged closer

Almost there.

Just a bit more,

smashing her into

their hands were about to

through the air from

of you, stop right now!" a

like the

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the same time, every head in the room snapped toward

saw him-the hotel's CEO. He'd just raced back from