The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven) novel Chapter 180

Chapter 180 The Sirius Pack

Without another word, the man turned and strode quickly toward the combat zone.

Raven raised an eyebrow at his tone, but her eyes glinted with interest.

She knew the Sirius Pack was scheduled to arrive today–she just hadn’t known exactly when they’d finish their mission and return.

Since she’d bumped into them by chance, she didn’t mind going to greet the subordinates she hadn’t seen in quite some time.

After a few steps, the man noticed Raven wasn’t following and turned with a scowl.” What are you standing there for? Move it!”

Raven, in a rare good mood and aware he was simply in a rush,‘ didn’t take his attitude to heart.

She quickened her pace to catch up and asked casually, “Have we met? How did you know I was from the art troupe?”

The man gave her a look like she’d grown a second head. “How do I know? Take a look around this entire Regalhold war zone. How many women do you see? And of those, how many aren’t with the art troupe?”

That caught Raven off guard.

She’d been stationed on the foreign battlefield for so long that she hadn’t paid attention to the gender imbalance in the domestic military.

She had suspected there were fewer female soldiers–but she hadn’t realized it was this few.

A few minutes later, the man–who she now knew was Commander Rusty–brought her to an enormous training ground inside the war zone.

The area was more than ten times the size of the place she’d used to train Leopard and the others.

Hundreds of soldiers were already standing in perfect formation, their eyes solemn and fixed on the sky ahead, awaiting the arrival of the Sirius Pack.

At the very front of the formation stood five young female soldiers, all around twenty years old. Rusty led Raven straight to their side.

“Stand here. Don’t move,” he ordered gruffly. “And stay sharp. The people arriving today are not ones you or I can afford to offend. If you even accidentally piss them off, it won’t just be you who suffers–the whole lot of us will be screwed.”

Raven glanced at him, lips twitching slightly. Seriously?

She asked, “Are the Sirius Pack members really that terrifying?”

Rusty caught the skepticism in her tone and immediately snapped, face hardening,”

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Chapter 180 The Sirius Pack

Terrifying? Every single one of them has at least a hundred kills under their belt. Especially their commander–he’s a blood–soaked devil who doesn’t even blink when killing. You better pull yourself together. Or when you die, you won’t even know how it happened.”

Raven said nothing.

If she weren’t literally the blood–soaked devil he was talking about, she might have believed him.

Before she could speak again, Rusty had already turned to bark further instructions at the soldiers behind them.

Just then, a surprised voice rose beside her. “Raven? What are you doing here?”

Raven turned and was momentarily startled by the speaker. It was that tall, skinny girl from the Fuller family’s banquet–the one who’d vowed to call her daddy if Raven made it into Regalhold University.