Barrett sighed in frustration. "Why put yourself through this? There was a royal edict for this marriage. Even when Aurora moves in, you'll be in separate wings. She won't compete with you for control of the

household. She doesn't care about those things."

"Do you really think I'm attached to managing this household?" Carissa countered.

Running this mansion was no easy task. Just the monthly medicine for Barrett's mother cost dozens of silver coins. Then, there was food, clothing, and social obligations-all these things required money. This household was practically a hollow shell. Over the past year, Carissa had used much of her dowry to keep things running.

And this was her reward.

"Enough, I won't argue with you. I just needed to inform you. Whether you agree or not changes nothing," said Barrett, his patience wearing thin.

As Carissa watched him leave in a huff, she felt even more bitter.

"My lady, my lord was too much!" said Lulu, Carissa's maid, wiping her tears away.

stern look. "We never

dowry list?" Lulu asked,

on the forehead. "Silly girl, why would we stay in this

arranged this marriage, and your father wanted

welled up in Carissa's eyes at the

never taking a concubine. They had six sons and one daughter. All her brothers followed her father to the battlefield. Three years ago,

age of seven, she was sent to study under a master, where she also learned military strategy.

held Carissa close and said, "You must live like the noble girls in the kingdom. Find a good husband, marry, have children, and lead a peaceful life. You're the only

pain she felt was so intense she couldn't even bring

she spent a year mastering the traditional values and duties expected of a noblewoman. She also learned accounting and how

her beauty. So, suitors flooded their doorstep. Her mother had chosen Barrett because he had sworn

months

numerous knife wounds, and their bodies were brutally dismembered. Carissa's youngest nephew had been only two

authorities and garrison unit captured a few of the assailants. After further investigation, they were

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