The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 91

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Raven glanced at her phone screen, then looked over at Isla with a faint, almost amused smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.

For some reason, seeing that expression sent a chill down Isla's spine. A vague sense of unease crept up on her, though she could not explain why.

Before Isla could say anything, Raven calmly tapped the screen to accept the call. Raven raised the phone to her ear and said in a composed voice, "Hello, General,"

Both Isla and Carl froze, their faces overwhelmed with disbelief. 'General? Did we hear that right?

There's no way a General would personally call someone from a second-tier family, right? they wondered.

Whatever the caller said next made Raven let out a soft laugh. "You already set everything up, didn't you? My opinion? Doesn't really matter now. If I said no at this point, you'd be in a pretty awkward spot, right?"

There was another pause, then Raven's smile deepened. “Okay. That's very thoughtful of you. I got it. I'll be there tonight."

On the other end of the line, Lorne finally let out a breath of relief after hearing Raven's response. He was about to hang up when Raven suddenly stopped him. "Wait.

shifted to Isla, who now looked more than a little suspicious.

Isla's heart. The next second, as if she suddenly understood something, she let out a

as if she suddenly realized something,

her face twisted with sarcasm. "Wow. That was really something. You almost had me. Good thing I know exactly what kind of trash you

call is enough to convince us the General invited you to tonight's party? Do you

sentence, Raven's entire presence shifted. The air

of ice cutting through silence. "I told you

me to the party

involuntarily flinched. There was something terrifying in Raven's tone that made her instinctively take a step back. But the humiliation of being spoken to like that, in front

just some second-tier nobody, and she dares to talk down to me in public? She thinks she can disrespect me like that?

ignored Cassian and even

voice rose with scorn as she snapped at Raven, "Who

around?"

you think yo

you the right to

the Thornton family. Since she's a guest at tonight's event, I won't

the other end, Lorne's face had gone completely cold. Isla had not repeated her words exactly, but based

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