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.

now looked more than a little suspicious. Then

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

if she suddenly

together, her face twisted with sarcasm. "Wow. That was really something. You almost had me. Good thing I know exactly what

to convince us the General invited you to tonight's

her sentence, Raven's entire presence shifted.

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

just say that whoever invited me to the party should be kicked

made her instinctively take a step back. But the humiliation of being spoken to like that, in front of everyone, quickly sent

nobody, and she dares to talk down to me in public?

completely ignored Cassian

as she

around?"

you think yo

What gives you the right

calmly spoke into the phone, "It's Isla from the Thornton family. Since she's a

other end, Lorne's face had gone completely cold. Isla had not

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