The underworld queen come back and slays novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Raven’s stare felt like it could turn the room to ice, and everyone held their breath without even realizing it.

For a second, a weird quiet settled over everything.

Raven scanned the frozen crowd, her vibe getting even colder.

“Didn’t you hear me?” she asked, her voice sharp and frosty.

“Y–yeah, we heard…” a couple of the shyer ones muttered under their breath, almost on autopilot.

The rest kept their mouths shut, but nobody dared to talk back.

The rest kept their mouths shut, but nobody dared to talk back.Amber watched Raven take over the room, her fists balling up tight.

To her, some nobody she’d almost pushed into a pile of crap back in middle school had no right acting this big in front of her.

But as she peeked at Raven standing there, calm and untouchable, Amber couldn’t find the nerve to stand up and say a thing.

Her resentment started boiling up, practically strangling her.

Just then, a firm, no–nonsense voice broke through from across the room.

“What’s going on here?” the man demanded, low and steady.

Everyone turned toward the voice at once.

A few in the crowd recognized the middle–aged guy walking over and greeted him quick with respect.

“Mr. Wentworth!” they called out.

It was Richard Wentworth, the hotel’s service manager.

A spark of desperate relief flashed across Amber’s face.

In the next moment, she looked at Richard, her voice shaky and rushed.

“Sir, my friend’s been knocked out cold,” she said. “Could you see if there’s a doctor around to help her out fast?”

“Knocked out?” Richard’s face turned grim right away.

“Who did it?” he asked, his tone stiff.

Amber’s eyes darted to Raven without thinking.

But just as fast, she flinched back, like a scared rabbit, looking away quick.

Richard caught the gesture–he immediately got who it was.

He locked eyes on Raven, his expression tightening.

He snapped, “You’re the one who did it?”

Raven looked back at him, steady as ever, and nodded without missing a beat. “Yeah, that was me.”

Richard squinted at her bold attitude.

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Chapter 40

“You’ve got guts,” he sneered. “Think you can strut around like you own the place?”

With that, he turned to the security guards nearby and barked an order.

“Take this reckless kid down!” he said.

Raven glanced at the dozen guards moving in quick and gave Richard a laid–back heads–up.

“I’m here looking for someone,” she said. “I’d rather not mess up this party before I find them. You might wanna check with your boss before you try anything with me.”

Richard let out a scoff, thick with scorn.

“Check with my boss to handle you?” he said. “Who do you think you are? Getting a bit too full of yourself, aren’t you?”

He swung back to the guards and saw they stop in their tracks.

He barked, “What are you waiting for? Grab her!”

The crowd caught Richard’s words, and their eyes lit up with smug grins as they looked at Raven.

‘Let’s see you act tough now,’ they thought.

Sure, she’d climbed a step or two since then, but to Amber, she was still a clueless dope.

Almost there.

Just a bit more,

“Stop! All of you, stop right now!” a guy yelled.

The two guards locked up mid–step, like the order was drilled into their bones.