Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 87

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Carissa continued, "That wasn't the worst of it. The worst came later."

She recounted how the Warren family tried to seize her dowry-even going so far as to accuse her of being disrespectful and jealous, and used that as grounds for divorce.

"That was the real outrage. But I didn't expect the king to posthumously grant my father the title of duke and allow me to divorce Barrett. Because of that, I could take all my dowry with me.

Rafael's eyes burned with anger. "They dared to treat you like that and wrong you?"

"I don't feel wronged," Carissa said, placing her hands on her knees and turning to look at Rafael. The beauty mark beneath her eye stood out vividly.

"If I had feelings for him, it would have been different, but I didn't. Leaving the Warren family was a relief for me. Their schemes failed, and you saw how angry Aurora was at me, Marshal. She was upset that! didn't care about the man she coveted."

Aurora wanted to humiliate her, but Carissa had left the Warren family with all of her dowry, without shedding a single tear. And she even enjoyed the status of being a duke's daughter. That infuriated Aurora. Moreover, judging by the looks and words exchanged between Aurora and Barrett earlier, their marriage was far from loving. In fact, it seemed somewhat strained.

Rafael gazed at Carissa for a long time before speaking slowly, "Nobody from the Duke of Northwatch's family ever bows down to anyone, Carissa. Stay strong!"

Victory Pass. The truth will come out and someone will be held responsible, but it might not be in the way we

Carissa understood.

would rather retaliate in such a way than admit their prince had been captured, humiliated, and

the incident or admit their prince had been captured. To cover it up, they had even hidden the massacre of the villagers by Aurora, Since they chose to coneeal it, there would be no negotiations with Starhaven about

king discovered the truth, he wouldn't publicize it. If he did, itwould reveal that a highly respected female general had violated

made public, Aurora couldn't be prosecuted for it, nor could it be linked to

sake of the bigger picture, the king wouldn't agree to

the

the two kingdoms, if Westhaven hadn't killed a single civilian while Starhaven had kidnapped

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If the incident was acknowledged, Westhaven would have grounds to demand an explanation and compensation from Starhaven. What price

to settle this matter?

had only massacred villagers, Westhaven could still make a fuss. But she had humiliated and tortured

have escaped retribution, but it

well as the soldiers on the Southern Frontier battlefield, all

exact revenge by allying with Sandoria to kill Starhaven soldiers on the