The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 474

Chapter 474 George

Chapter 474 George

Cassian found himself drifting weightlessly in a void, his pain receding as though

his body had been wrapped in silence.

"You're awake?" A voice, cool and ethereal, whispered beside his ear.

A figure in white stepped into view-graceful, otherworldly, almost unreal.

The man wore a half-mask, his presence untouched by the mortal world, like a being carved from frost and moonlight.

Even with half his face hidden, the allure of his features was staggering-enough to pull someone in with a single glance.

"You saved me?" Cassian asked, his gaze searching the man's eyes with quiet intensity.

There was something familiar about the aura he carried-something that reminded him of the world he had once come from.

The man spoke, his voice as cool as a breeze from the heavens. "I sensed it while passing by. There's something in you that doesn't belong to this world."

trace-it resembled the one he'd been searching for. His missing disciple. And yet, it wasn't

soul and breath with his little disciple in a

thought as quickly as it came. The man who had betrayed his disciple in that past life-the one

He said nothing further.

a coincidence. A trick of fate. That he had

he frowned-just slightly-his finely drawn brows creasing in quiet thought. "No wonder

see that?" Cassian asked, eyes

also tell this happened because you tried to forcibly enhance your strength. That's what split

voice low and urgent. "There is," man replied.

raised a hand and tapped Cassian's forehead. A thread of soft white light spilled from

he said calmly. "Stay with me for now. When your body has healed, I'll tell you how to undo

slightly. "Thank you. May I ask your name?"

brow furrowed slightly at the name. His fingers twitched at his side, and he repeated it in a whisper,

plucked from a forgotten dream-but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember where he'd

facility, Rin was in

Raven, Rin had quietly slipped away from the others and

hissed. "She only gave us seventy-two hours. If we don't hand over Cassian by then, we're dead." Oakley shot him an annoyed

Rin repeated,

save your lab- but