The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 177

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The moment Raven's words fell, the entire courtyard descended into a stunned, suffocating silence.

Every pair of eyes turned to her, wide with disbelief.

Did she really just say that?

Everyone in Vyrdenia who held even the faintest shred of power knew the

unspoken truth-there were people in the military who were never meant to see a battlefield.

Raven's suggestion, to send everyone into combat, would shake the very foundation of their privileges.

And just as many had predicted, Benson's face darkened instantly.

His eyes narrowed, sharp with hostility, as he stepped forward and hissed, "Send everyone to the frontlines? How did someone like you become a general? Are you really so ignorant that you can't understand the contributions made by those who serve from within our borders? They've done far more for Vyrdenia than your reckless soldiers ever will."

A chilling light flickered across Raven's eyes.

had anticipated resistance-but not this. Not the sheer shamelessness

through the silence like a whip. "The men and women who bleed on the frontlines

-the ones who stay behind-think. They solve

about the four million who've stayed safely within Vyrdenia's borders all these years? Are they all solving unsolvable problems with their brilliant minds? Tell me, General Macy-what exactly have you done with that brain of yours to

expression turned to ice. "I have no obligation to report my work to you." "Right," Raven replied with a smirk. "Since you've

Benson began instinctively, then

to date on the lefthe foreign front, but even

unlocked! whispers-about how Vyrdenia's current strategic advantage relied heavily on the

he suspected those rumors were exaggerated, a

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or resources? That kind of asset

by.

voice crisp and merciless." Almost forgot-Mr. Macy, we're equals now. And I don't

she pulled out her custom device and began tapping swiftly

her with stormy eyes. She hadn't just ignored him-she'd dismissed him, as if he were an irrelevant afterthought. Still, he made no move to

fewer than a hundred, trained by a girl who'd barely shed

Sirius Pack was recalled,