Valkyrie
"What did you just say?" I spun around, my voice like ice, as I fixed my gaze on the maid who had dared to mutter such a thing.
The room froze, the tension crackling in the air. Every pair of eyes snapped to me, the words that had just left her lips hanging in the air like smoke, suffocating everything around us.
"I—" she stammered, her face paling. "I didn't—"
"You didn’t what?" I cut her off, stepping toward her, my voice rising with each word. "Did you just call me a slut?"
The words were venomous, and my anger flared. The audacity. The way they thought they could say anything behind my back and I wouldn't hear.
She took a step back, her eyes wide with fear. "I didn’t mean—"
"No." I took another step closer, my boots clicking against the floor like thunder. "You don’t ge
