Chapter 91

Chapter 91 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.

Isla, who now looked more than a little suspicious. Then Raven said calmly,

second, as if she suddenly

as if she suddenly realized something, she burst into

sarcasm. "Wow. That was really something. You almost had me. Good thing I know exactly what kind of trash you really are. Otherwise, even

to convince us the General

finished her sentence, Raven's entire presence

she finally spoke, was like a blade of ice cutting through silence. "I told you to repeat what you

whoever invited me to the party should be

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

to me in public? She thinks she can

by fury, Isla completely ignored Cassian and even her

as she snapped at Raven, "Who do

around?"

you think yo

What gives you the right to order

from the Thornton family. Since she's a

gone completely cold. Isla had not repeated

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