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!"

will come

Carissa understood.

admit their prince had been captured, humiliated, and tortured, then chose to commit

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

that a highly respected female general had violated the agreement between the two kingdoms to not

truth wasn't made public, Aurora couldn't be prosecuted for it, nor could it be linked to the massacre of the

the bigger picture, the king wouldn't

would the public

civilian while Starhaven had kidnapped a prince and massacred civilians, wouldn't the citizens of Starhaven

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

to settle this matter?

a fuss. But she

to have escaped retribution, but it was a

Southern Frontier battlefield, all of whom had

allying with Sandoria to kill Starhaven soldiers on the Southern Frontier