Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

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The Westhaven spies in Starhaven had been active for a long time, eventually falling under the direct control of Westhaven's crown prince, Arthur Tudor. After Arthur's downfall, these spies massacred an entire household. Their actions tamished Arthur's reputation, and led to the destruction of the whole Intelligence network.

Hector was a commendable general. He and his sons all perished on the Southern Frontier battlefield. The widows left in his family, including orphans and even household servants, were mercilessly slain by Westhaven forces.

Indeed, Westhaven had committed such barbaric acts.

Because of this, they dared not publicize Aurora's massacre of the civilians and kept it hidden.

Aurora was the instigator, but she wasn't solely responsible. The Westhaven spies had committed even more heinous atrocities. The only victims were the Sinclair family. Edmund had heard Carissa was the only one left from Hector's family, which was who Aurora had mentioned.

Aurora had even replaced Carissa to become Barrett's wife. At first, these matters weren't directly related to Westhaven. But with Hector's entire family wiped out and Carissa abandoned, Westhaven was undeniably implicated in these tragedies.

Edmund's anger was rooted in this.

Westhaven was not a beastly, barbaric kingdom.

soldiers' business, but the massacre of Hector's entire family, including infants, was a permanent stain

to suggest

children in Hector's family was akin to a blade twisting deep in their

the hair, and kicked in the stomach. She was propelled a few meters away, only to be yanked by her hair and brutally slapped until she

away!"

the lead, directing the

endless chain of mountains ahead. A rugged mountain range split the terrain, forming a path leading into a grassy

troops didn't care about the details of their withdrawal beyond that. After crossing the -grassland, they ascended a mountain. A wooden hut had already been constructed

to hold Aurora.

experience for herself what had happened to

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captives. The captives were all soldiers under her command, and they had participated in the village massacre she had orchestrated. Among them was

seeing her use her own comrade-in-arms as a human shield left

disturbing was the fact that, even as she was captured, she had practically told the Westhaven troops to capture Rafael and

actions

was confirmed Carissa was indeed capable. And today, she had led the assault on

that Carissa had

resentment towards. Aurora, especially since she and Barrett had sought the marriage