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.

of Hector's entire

dared to

all the innocent elderly, women, and children in Hector's family was akin to a blade twisting deep in

slap. She was then roughly seized by the hair, and kicked in the stomach. She was propelled a few meters away, only to be yanked

her away!"

the lead, directing the prisoners out

terrain, forming a path

withdrawal beyond that. After crossing

to hold Aurora.

destined to experience for herself

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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 her

and deeply admiring of Aurora. However, seeing her use her own comrade-in-arms as a human shield left them profoundly shocked. The general they had once revered now

disturbing was the fact that, even as she was captured, she

actions were utterly

the reinforcement troops had about Carissa had been cleared up. After the challenges against her, it was confirmed Carissa was indeed capable. And today,

Carissa. If Aurora's initial actions were motivated by suspicions that Carissa had claimed military credit unfairly, then her

should be the one harboring resentment towards. Aurora, especially since she and Barrett had sought the marriage edict through their military achievements, effectively