The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 136

Chapter 136

To everyone's shock, Cassian didn't stand up or walk away. H

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e simply cast Raven a calm, fleeting glance-expression unreadable-then lowered his gaze and continued reading the book in front of him as if she weren't even there.

The girls in the room stared in disbelief. They didn't want Cassian to leave, of course, but under normal circumstances, he should've reacted like she was a virus and distanced himself immediately.

Yet now, it looked like he'd silently allowed Raven to sit beside him-as if her presence wasn't worth acknowledging, but neither was it worth rejecting.

"Unless I'm mistaken, no girl has been able to get within three feet of Cassian since the semester started, right?"

"Exactly. Even Isla, who's rumored to be dating him, has never been seen within 3 feet of him. How did she pull this off?" "Please, a woman like her doesn't deserve special treatment. Cassian's probably just in a good mood today-anyone could've sat next to him."

At that, the girls all nodded in agreement. In their eyes, it wasn't that Cassian cared about Raven; he just couldn't be bothered to deal with her. That scheming little nobody clearly mistook apathy for favoritism.

With that thought, the looks they threw Raven grew colder by the second-no longer just disdainful, but laced with fury and a sharp, bitter jealousy.

She had nearly lured in Preston, and now she was sitting next to Cassian? What kind of ridiculous luck did this woman have? It was unacceptable. They couldn't just let her hoard all the benefits.

closer, weighing whether they might sit on Cassian's

could make

into her back, calmly lifted her hand and picked

the room

touched

her luck after getting away with sitting next to

notorious clean freak.

belle who once tried to "accidentally" fall into Cassian's arms-he'd tossed her out of the classroom on the spot. And that girl was a top-tier beauty. Compared to her,

didn't stand a chance.

a flicker of pity. Poor thing.

But then...

breath, two. Cassian

casually flipped through the book she'd just picked up from

a few lines, then paused.

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the book, and

all her usual composure, Raven visibly froze