The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven)

Returns Novel 504

Chapter 504 Introducing A Man

A crisp slap echoed through the room.

Thorian's head was whipped to the side from the force of it.

Yet, as if he didn't even feel the burning pain on his cheek, his eyes were filled with complete disbelief.

At that moment, Raven's voice, cold to the point of being utterly emotionless, cut through the silence and entered Thorian's

ears.

She spat, "I don't want to hear anyone slandering Cassian. Understood?"

Thorian slowly turned his head toward Raven, almost in slow motion.

As he gazed up at her icy, indifferent expression, a chill crept into his heart.

He wondered, 'She really went this far for that pretty boy?

still can't spare me even a little affection? 'What does that useless

carefully plotting, to make Cassian disappear and

Do I really mean less to you than Cassian, who's barely

as she snapped, "Don't compare yourself to him." Thorian's body froze at her words. Then, with a bitter smile, he curled

for you, carried out all those dangerous missions, just for power and status? The reason I stayed by your side... is because

'I said it.

it!' Thorian's thoughts

to keep this secret buried deep inside, to warm her heart slowly until she grew used to his presence, and eventually accepted him. But

he believed he was

thought, 'Cassian's nothing but a

for someone like him,

just being her subordinate, I want to

looked at Raven with eyes

known what he was thinking, she had only ever treated him as a subordinate. Now that he'd made his feelings clear, he didn't believe that Raven, who had fallen for someone like Cassian, could remain completely unmoved. But to his disappointment, after hearing his words, Raven's gaze toward him was as cold as a

door to the study suddenly

and Thorian instinctively turned their heads toward the entrance, only to see George, dressed in all white, standing silently in the doorway with a blank

you two doing?" he asked,