The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 133

Chapter 133

"Raven, wait-Iron Queen... it's just a nickname," Peter stammered. "A term of endearment, really!"

This wasn't surrender. No, no.

This was a strategic withdrawal.

And besides, hadn't he just taken the first bold step toward rebellion? That had to count for something.

He was already halfway to shaking off the chains and singing his freedom song.

Ben, seeing Peter fold, jumped right in. "Yeah, Raven! To us, you're like... the brightest beacon in the dark!"

But before he could even finish the flattery, Raven cut in coldly.

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"You two. Assign the next two hours of training for your squads. And then-one hundred laps each. If you don't finish..." She smiled faintly. "I'll show you the real meaning of Iron Queen."

The remaining seven instructors looked like they'd just won the lottery. Smirks, barely concealed, crept onto their faces. Privately, they all thought the same thing. Thank god she didn't call on me!

As for Peter and Ben?

Good luck, boys.

But the smugness didn't last long.

Raven's voice returned, colder than before. "The rest of you-fifty laps each. Timer starts in one minute."

The grins vanished. Instantly.

bolted like hellhounds were at their heels, sprintin

barked out orders with suspicious speed. And oddly... each ordered their cadets to run

Maybe they were trying to soften

one-minute countdown ended, all nine instructors-under the wide- eyed gaze

blinked in

just... stand there and supervise? Why are they running? Could it be... they were running alongside them out

of the cadets were

of being

training field became a sea of determined

Jonah like nothing had happened. Nearby, Class Six had just begun to recover from their collective agony. Raven

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Chapter 133

her voice calm but

reeling from pain-gritted their teeth and scrambled

then landed on one boy

steady, after Raven had forced two gray pills down his throat

planning to withdraw from the academy?" Raven

eyes locked onto him. His lips parted-but in the end,

He didn't dare.

heart, he'd already

going straight to the president's office. I'll file' my withdrawal. And I'll demand that Kurt

He was destined for the Hundred-Man

Just some girl from

would never-ever-allow someone like her to

needed one glance

But her eyes were anything but

don't care what excuses you've made for yourselves," she said, voice low and deadly

Her gaze darkened.

the academy. You'll be exiled from Regalhold itself. And as for that

hundred cadets