The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 90

Chapter 90

"Let's go take a look," Carl said, and without waiting for a response, he headed straight for Cassian.

Isla, seeing her father's eagerness, felt a surge of pride. 'How dare a nobody like that even think about competing with me for Cassian?'

Carl approached Cassian and, without any airs of seniority, greeted him with a smile, "Cassian, what a coincidence!"

Cassian looked at Carl with a cool indifference, acknowledging him with a formal, "Mr. Thornton."

Raven, hearing Cassian's form of address, was surprised.

Although she hadn't met Carl in person, she had gathered information on the heads of Regalhold's five major families.

She recognized him instantly as Carl Thornton, head of the Thornton family.

It seemed Cassian might be from the Lysander family, another one of the five.

'That explains why Hugmuinn couldn't find any information on him.' Raven thought.

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raced, Carl turned to her with a smile, "And you,

"I'm Raven Valor."

trying to

jumped in, "Father, there's only one minor Valor family in all of Regalhold. They wouldn't even qualify for the

Carl nodded in understanding.

a sudden thought, he turned to Cassian, "Cassian, it wouldn't do to attend the banquet without a companion. It might raise

He believed Cassian was smart enough to realize that his daughter was the one who could

eyebrow at

"General Drakon is hosting a banquet to celebrate Vyrdenia's fourth general. It's

remembered Drakon mentioning a promotion

to start the event without even

go with you," she offered, committed to keeping

the head of the Valor family, let alone a

from such minor families are just so

to utter such nonsense about attending the general's