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CHAPTER 146
~Valerie's POV~
Valerie, play your game.
I smiled subtly and nodded. "I wouldn't want to make you evade your duty."
He hummed and then added, "Tell me—where is he now, if you were supposedly with him?"
"We… we split up," I replied, reaching for calm and landing somewhere near desperation. "He had other things to take care of and said I should head back first."
"Mm," he murmured, glancing down as he scrolled through his contact list. "Convenient."
It was only then I realized who he was.
Riven Alucard.
The name whispered between Guild leaders and older students like a forbidden spell.
I'd overheard stories in the dorm—he'd been on some elite exchange program in Elven kingdom, trained in diplomatic combat, espionage, and supernatural law.
He had returned just days ago. And now here he was, catching me red-handed.
He tapped on an icon and lifted the phone to his ear. I held my breat through and through every ring.