The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 147

Chapter 147

Chapter 147

Cassian paused for a beat, startled by what he'd just heard. Then, the smile in his eyes deepened, and something sharper flashed across them.

"Let's go," he said simply.

Before Raven could even react, he had already grabbed her hand and was leading her away with such purpose and speed it was as if the rest of the academy had ceased to exist.

He didn't slow, didn't hesitate, heading straight for the one place few students dared to venture near-the ancient Archive Hall beside the president's office.

Raven raised a brow in mild amusement, letting herself be led without resistance. Her gaze drifted to his back, and a faint, knowing smile began to curl at her lips.

Moments later, they stood before the grand double doors of the Archive Hall. Cassian pushed them open without hesitation, and as the doors creaked inward, warm golden light spilled out across the stone steps.

The moment they stepped inside, the heavy doors swung shut behind them with a dull boom, locking out anyone who might've been foolish enough to follow.

Just as the room fell silent again, Raven turned.

Without warning, her hand came up and pressed firmly against the stone wall beside Cassian's head-classic kabedon position, clean and practiced.

Cassian blinked. Something about this felt... off.

But before he could put his finger on it, Raven leaned in, her lips tilted in a chill, teasing smile, and her voice brushed his ear like silk over steel.

"Going through so much trouble just to seduce me?" she said softly. "Go on- what's your endgame?"

Cassian was speechless.

gleam of amusement that lit up her eyes. Still, her tone dropped a few degrees colder as she added, "Not talking? Trying to play the shy game with me now? Or are you going to say you're just madly in love with

Now he got it.

been... cast in the role of the flustered little

resisting, his lips curled into that familiar, wickedly seductive smirk. "And what if I do want

"You?" she scoffed. "You're just a pretty face with no real weight. You're nowhere near the level to be making

features, slow and deliberate, before she added coolly, "Thirty dollars.

Cassian's smirk froze.

of someone bestowing a favor. Thirty dollars?

the change in his expression and smirked faintly. "Not happy?" she asked. "Fine.

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Chapter 147

said nothing, his jaw

clearly pushing his buttons now. "And don't ask for more-l don't like

before he could fire back, Raven's fingers lifted to

lips were on

and terrifyingly

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as his body reacted before

around his waist,

of his mind, he

bought for forty bucks-but Raven's hand was moving now, and his outrage began to slip away

before he completely gave in. 'Forty

as things began to escalate,

Sudden. Cold. Raven's movements

lifted her head and glanced

like a cathedral-its interior hollow and spiraling upward in gold-lined staircases that wrapped around the walls.