The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 64

Chapter 64

Every single Valor family member gawked at Jonah's sharp salute, his voice full of respect, and their jaws just dropped.

"Lieutenant General Valor?" Someone mumbled it a couple times, like they had to roll it around in their mouth before it fit Raven.

"Asking Raven to get the soldiers ready?" That one came out awkward, stumbling over itself.

Had the world gone crazy, or were they hallucinating?

The guests' eyes were practically bugging out. They pinched themselves, making sure they weren't seeing things.

Jonah was a brigadier general, a rank most folks couldn't even dream of touching. Anyone he'd salute had to be at least a major general, no question.

And that someone? An ex-con with five years in the slammer...

Plus, Jonah was the military's youngest general-his climb was already nuts.

But Raven? She was almost ten years younger than him!

At her age, no matter how good she was, hitting general should've been impossible.

In the middle of the shocked crowd, Franklin was just as floored.

No kidding-Caleb was his golden ticket, his absolute pride.

If Caleb hadn't shrugged off taking over as the Valor family head, Eddie wouldn't have even been in the running.

But now? This whole mess had Franklin second-guessing every call he'd ever made.

The granddaughter he'd battled hard to ditch was outshining his star Caleb by a long shot-racking up titles left and right.

He hadn't just messed up; he'd messed up big time.

The Valor family was a jumble of shock and confusion. Lilian and Marisela weren't far behind-they were out of it too.

They had already guessed Raven wasn't some random nobody.

But even in their craziest guesses, they hadn't pegged her as military, let alone a major general or higher.

If their families found out they were rooming with someone this huge, they'd probably throw a party.

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Still, eyeing Raven-same age as them-and then trying to picture her as some high-up,major general? It didn't quite add up, no matter how they looked at it.

Over to the side, Ruth's face was locked in total disbelief.

face

Her daughter, a military bigshot... She should've been thrilled, but the happiness wouldn't kick in.

Then, quick as a snap, her eyes darted to Raven and it all clicked. Suddenly, every question bouncing around her head had an answer.

She got why Raven moyed so smooth.

Why she had money to toss around.

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air, like she was on a different level, not just

figure out was how Raven had shot up this far- She had been locked up at fourteen in Bastion Prison, with no

must've gone through some rough stuff. That was the only thing eating

on Raven,

for a second until a

you sure you've got the right person?" asked Caleb. Caleb-the 24-year-old major-stared at Jonah, his eyes drowning in doubt. His big moment was landing

like a sucker

Raven-labeled a loser by his dad, a nobody in his book- had

tough pill

his antsy eyes on Raven, not giving Caleb even a quick

slid over to

him on the instructor

handing him the go-ahead to deal with the soldiers' pre-training. And

head toward

Lieutenant General Valor!" he

overheard their back-and-forth and blinked, completely caught off

be an instructor-hadn't even thought about

he got dragged into this, and

it.

big shots. Becoming an instructor there? You

one line lock it in, and Jonah didn't even blink

out, Jonah paused, then spoke up carefully. "Lieutenant General Valor," he said, "the soldiers are good to go whenever. When can you

heard Raven was enrolling at Regalhold Academy as a student while he was stuck teaching, he'd barely

favorite team members into Raven's

mulled it over, the more it seemed like a train wreck waiting to

the soldiers under Caleb's command had

was so locked down and

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from her comeback knew what

picture? No way

strict: unless Raven spilled it herself, Jonah

info to the

who knew what those eager-beaver grunts, dying to show off for the recruits,

stuck with Raven's class ticked her off enough, it wouldn't just be the team eating dirt-Jonah would be in the crosshairs

general to ask if Raven could give the

Caleb's turn rolled around, whichever unlucky guy

the recruit lineup would at least know what

how Raven might run the soldiers into the ground during that

luck, then sip his tea while she tore

energy-like he was scared she'd ditch-and couldn't help but let out

the pre-training spot," she said with a light laugh. "Once I'm done here,

throwing her

rushing you-I'll hang out here! I

over myself."

saw he wasn't letting up and didn't fight it.

on Franklin, whose face was a

crew saw her shift, and their breaths caught in

www

enough now. The Raven they'd brushed