The Valkyrie Returns and Slays (Raven) novel Chapter 76

Chapter 76

The tall soldier’s breathing tightened. He thought, ‘Say no. Say no or you’re fucking dead. “N–No,” he then croaked.

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Raven studied him for a moment, then gave a satisfied nod. Then she turned to the rest of them. “For the next ten days,” she said, her voice quiet but absolute, “every word say, every order I give–you obey. No exceptions.”

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A rapid nod from the soldier still on the ground. “Y–Yes, Ma’am!” he blurted, barely even thinking about it. At this point, he would’ve sold his soul just to get her to back off.

This isn’t cowardice,‘ he told himself. “This girl is just straight–up terrifying!

Raven gave him a lazy once–over before turning to the rest of the squad, who were still looking a little shell–shocked. “And you guys?”

The others snapped out of their daze. “Y–Yes, Ma’am!” they echoed.

Raven’s gaze swept over the group before landing on Caleb. “And you?”

Caleb swallowed hard. His pride screamed at him to push back, to say something, anything. But he wasn’t an idiot. “I’ll do whatever you say,” he muttered.

Raven nodded slightly, then turned to one of the smaller soldiers. “You talked the most,” she said. “Twelve sentences. That’s a hundred and twenty laps around the field. When you’re done, you can rest.”

The second the words left her mouth, the surrounding soldiers all sucked in a sharp breath.

Even for warriors, who were naturally stronger than regular people, one hundred and twenty laps was brutal. That poor bastard was gonna be out of commission by the time he finished.

“You got a problem with that?” Raven asked, her voice calm, almost casual.

The skinny soldier’s first instinct was to say yes. But the second he met Raven’s eyes, his survival instincts kicked in. His head started nodding before his brain could even process the question. “N–no problem at all!”

Then Raven turned to the others, pointing at them one by one.

“You, one hundred and ten laps.”

“You, one hundred laps.”

“You, fifty laps.”

The last soldier she pointed at hesitated for a second, his face all innocent. “Ma’am, I didn’t say anything disrespectful to you, though.” He had been watching the others get punished, secretly relieved that he’d kept his mouth shut. And yet, here he was.

However, Raven didn’t answer his question. She just said indifferently, “Sixty laps.”

The handsome soldier was stunned. Without thinking, he said, “Wait, I…”

“Seventy laps.”

The handsome soldier was about to cry, but he didn’t dare to say another word.

The other soldiers looked at him with newfound sympathy. If there was one thing they all understood now, it was this–when their instructor said she didn’t want to hear a single no, she meant it Loud and clear.

At the same time, a silent vow ran through all of them, ‘Just do whatever the hell she says. No backtalk. No complaints. No hesitation. Otherwise, we’d end up just like Pretty Boy over there!

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Chapter 76

Caleb watched the whole thing unfold, a deep sense of relief washing over him: ‘Good thing I only complained in my head!

if he’d said anything out loud–especially that whole “this chick is really overdoing it” comment he’d probably be running an actual marathon right