The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Chapter 476

Chapter 476 The Enigmatic Stranger

"N-No, I don't know him," the Emperor stammered, instinctively shaking his head.

But as his gaze fell once again on the chip in Raven's hand, his entire body began to tremble-uncontrollably, as if struck by some deep-seated terror.

A moment later, he straightened and said quickly, "I won't disturb you any further." Without waiting for a response, the Emperor turned and strode out of the hospital

Only... his steps weren't rushed so much as frantic. Not the urgency of a man in a hurry-but of one fleeing something he feared.

Raven watched his retreating figure, then looked down at the chip in her hand. 'What is he afraid of?'

If it was simply suspicion-if he feared she was connected to Saxon-then his reaction might've made sense.

But that expression just now...

It wasn't wariness. It was something far more primal. It was fear-bone-deep and utterly out of place for someone like him.

As Raven turned the thought over, elsewhere in the hospital, Oakley was hunched in a dark corner, eyes glued to the surveillance feed of her and the chip.

He recognized it immediately.

was no ordinary device-it was a comms chip from a higher world, something he'd once seen in the possession of

then maybe, just maybe, it held the key

Oakley's breathing hitched.

eyes locked on the chip, dark with

into her suite when Hugmuinn arrived,

wind of everything that had happened on his way over. Without delay, he handed her a thick,

of global elites," he said. "Three

higher realm. They say his medical skills are godlike. Supposedly, he can

expression vanished, her posture straightening with sudden

and took the invitation without hesitation. "I'll be

even the slimmest

to ignore it.

"Any

"Not yet. I already deployed Valhalla's forces stationed in the

The longer Cassian remained missing, the

a beat, he added, "By the

something from

It's... a personal

press. "He's in the hospital here in Broson City. He's injured. If you're heading that way, you

darkened. "He's hurt?