The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 462

Chapter 462 Where's The Boy?

The lab doors burst open with a thunderous crash.

Rin stormed in with two subordinates at his heels, eyes sweeping the room in search of Benedict.

"Find him," he barked, jerking his chin.

Catching the signal, the two technicians immediately began tearing through the lab, opening cabinets, checking corners- every movement deliberate, but careful. They avoided going anywhere near Cassian slumped in the shadows.

No one dared come within ten feet of him. The man was riddled with a rare, potent toxin. One wrong move, and they could end up poisoned too.

When the ventilation shafts and storage compartments turned up nothing, Rin's gaze fell back on Cassian.

"Where's the boy?" he demanded.

Cassian didn't even glance at him.

In fact, from the moment they'd stormed in, Cassian had only flicked his eyes toward the door once. Since then, not so much as a twitch.

Rin hadn't expected him to

gave a sharp, cold laugh. "So you're not talking? You

was certain Cassian had seen

ventilation system was connected between

ducts, this room

injured and on the brink of collapse, wouldn't have had the strength to help the kid get away. But

if Rin's presence were nothing more than background noise. Rin's patience snapped. "You

sneer, he reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a tactical flashlight. It

came with a special side effect: extreme sensitivity to light

of needles stabbing straight through his skull.

could be driven to the brink of collapse. "I'll give you one last chance," Rin warned. "Tell me where the boy is, or I won't

much as lift his eyes. He simply leaned against the wall, breathing slow and shallow, as if Rin wasn't worth the

fractured psyche-but if Rin thought he could break him that easily, he was dead wrong.

indifference sent Rin into a

he snapped. "You brought this on

switched on

searing beam of white light lanced

technician in the lab lit up-not with concern,