The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 158

Chapter 158

Thirty minutes later, Corey's military issued vehicle rolled to a stop in front of a vast estate nestled in the heart of Regalhold's city center.

Gilded letters were carved into the towering gates: The Lysander Family.

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This was the ancestral home of the Lysanders-one of Regalhold's Five Great Clans-and also the designated venue for tonight's event, where the top-tier families would be selecting candidates for their Hundred-Man Unit

recommendations.

Corey stepped out of the vehicle, his face still clouded with displeasure.

He hadn't expected it. It wasn't often he extended a personal invitation to a junior- yet not only had Raven refused it, she'd practically thrown it back in

his face.

As he approached the gate, a second car pulled up beside his.

The door opened, and out stepped Caleb, still visibly pale from having been put through hell all day by Raven. Even now, he hadn't fully shaken off the nightmare of her training.

But despite the exhaustion, the powerful aura he carried was undeniable.

Corey instinctively paused mid-step.

Corey's chest and froze. The military crest- that meant

straightened and offered a crisp salute.

to walk on when something made him pause. Without warning, he placed a hand on Caleb's

kicked in-Caleb instinctively pivoted to the side and twisted Corey's wrist into a counter-grip. But as soon as he realized

raised his hand to

he said with a low chuckle,

eyes and immediately replied, "Thank you for the

Corey

"Caleb."

the Hundred-Man Unit recommendation?"

answered truthfully. One of his comrades

event. He had some time, so he thought he'd

grin, "from now on, you'll be

to it you're granted a confirmed slot in

Caleb blinked. "Confirmed?"

such a

authority?" Corey's smile faltered slightly,

Not at all," Caleb said quickly. He straightened again and saluted with genuine respect. "It's an honor to

he could pass the final selection. But with this? With a

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him personally. This was more than a

smile returned in

he thought. 'Someone who knows

hope