The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven) novel Chapter 141

Chapter 141

Chapter 141

Leopard’s expression froze with silent frustration se the girl beside him spoke before he could stop her.

A quiet sigh escaped him too late.

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The cadets from Class Six all glanced at him with the same sympathetic look, the kind people give to someone who’s just stepped on a landmine

After what they d witnessed earlier, they were convinced of one thing their instructor, known far and wide as the most spineless in academy history, was about to get thoroughly skinned by this woman–if not physically, then socially.

But in stark contrast, the female cadets trailing behind Raven and Cassian were visibly thrilled. Finally, they thought.

They’d said from the beginning that no one could brazenly walk off the training field and get away with it.

Now it looked like this arrogant little upstart was about to crash and burn.

With bright eyes and barely restrained smiles, they turned eagerly toward Leopard, waiting for the fireworks.

But instead of feeding their expectations, Leopard’s face suddenly darkened.

He turned sharply to the smug–looking girl and said, his voice cold and cutting, “When exactly did you hear me say that?”

The girl flinched, caught off guard. She straightened her spine, trying to recover.

“Didn’t you just say…” Her voice faltered. She turned toward the Class Six cadets, waving her hand vaguely. “All of you heard it, didn’t you? He said anyone who left the field to chase after someone should be expelled?”

But silence met her.

Every single member of Class Six looked down at their feet, refusing to meet her gaze. Not one dared to speak.

Offending either Raven or Leopard meant instant doom–and no one was stupid enough to pick a side over a girl they didn’t care about.

Panic flickered in her eyes as she turned back to Leopard. “You did say it.

But Leopard cut her off mid–sentence. “You claim she left the field to pursue a man. Then tell me which man?”

Caught off–guard again, she stammered but answered quickly. “Cassian. The guy she was holding hands with!”

Leopard’s gaze grew even colder. “Do you have any proof?”

She could feel her confidence unraveling

Sull, she pushed forward Cassian had just sat down in the classroom. She left the field and showed up there not long after. Everyone saw what she did. The whole room full of people–there are witnesses”

Leopard gave a short laugh, more of a warning that amusement. “First of all, Raven requested leave before she left the training field. She didn’t break any rules. Second what you describe sounds like a perfectly normal interaction between two people who are dating–hardly the seduction you’re accusing her of And lastly–slandering a fellow student without evidence? That is a viulation and I’ll be reporting this to the academy. You’ll be dealt with accordingly.”

As his words rang out, the held went silent

The curvy girl and her companion, the one who’d been knocked flat by the badge earlier, stood rooted in place, dumbfounded. That wasn’t what he’d said earlier. When they arrived, hadn’t he practically called Raven a disgrace to the

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academy?

So why had everything flipped the moment Raven appeared? Now he was not only denying his words, but openly threatening them?

The crowd that had followed Raven and Cassian expecting a scandal was equally stunned. Wasn’t Raven supposed to be punished for leaving the field without permission? How had the whole narrative reversed so completely—and so fast?

And slowly, a new suspicion began to creep into their eyes as they looked at Raven.

Why did it seem like Leopard was… protecting her?

Not only did she carry the Headmaster’s Seal, but now even the instructors were treating her with kid gloves. She didn’t just break the rules–she rewrote them. Who exactly was this woman?

While the rest of the crowd stood in confused silence, the two original girls were already spiraling into despair.

Raven had clearly told them she’d see them expelled from Regalhold. They had hoped the instructors might offer some lifeline. But now, even they seemed to be siding against them.

Just when they were about to break down, another noise drew the crowd’s attention–thud–followed by another and another.

The nine military instructors, having just finished two hours of nonstop drills, collapsed on the ground one by one, breathless and drenched in sweat.

The curvy girl’s eyes flashed with sudden hope.

Without missing a beat, she dashed toward the exhausted instructors. She scanned them quickly and zeroed in on the one who still seemed half–conscious–Caleb.

“Sir,” she began breathlessly, “I have a question. If a student takes personal leave during military training to go flirt with someone in the academic block, does that count as violating academy regulations?”

Caleb didn’t even look at her–he just kept gasping for air.

Her smile wavered. She crouched beside him, lowered her voice, and said just loud enough for the two of them to hear, “Thirty thousand dollars. Just answer the question, and it’s yours.”

That made Caleb turn.

He didn’t need thirty grand–but if someone was offering it just for opening his mouth? Why not?

“Technically,” he said, still wheezing, “unless you have a documented health issue confirmed by the academy’s medical staff, there’s no such thing as approved leave during drills. If someone fakes illness just to sneak off and play lovebirds…”

He paused, narrowed his eyes, and gave her a long, slow look.

“Then I’d seriously have to ask–since when did Regalhold University start accepting trash like that?”

And just as he finished speaking, a sharp sound echoed beside him–the sound of polished black military boots coming to a

sudden halt.

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