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.

expected him to

cold laugh. "So you're not talking? You think silence will save

was certain Cassian had seen the

lab's ventilation system

had escaped through the ducts, this room

had the strength to help the kid get away. But Cassian... he

nothing more than background noise.

a tactical flashlight. It wasn't just any flashlight-it was a

special side effect: extreme sensitivity to

straight through his skull. Not physical agony-mental. Psychological torment, the

the brink of collapse. "I'll give you one last chance,"

He simply leaned against the wall, breathing slow and shallow, as if Rin wasn't worth

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

indifference sent Rin into

he snapped. "You brought

switched on

searing beam of white light lanced across the room, aimed directly

the