Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 177

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Helen lay on her chaise longue, her heart burning with resentment towards Carissa.

Her attendant, Gillian, stood beside her, trying to offer comfort.

"There's no need to be so upset, Your Highness. Prince Rafael is a man with his own thoughts. He's merely infatuated with Lady Sinclair's beauty at the moment. I've heard she's the most stunning woman in the capital.

"When Madam Sinclair first planned to marry her, many noble

families sought her hand. It's a mystery why Madam Sinclair ended up marrying her to General Warren."

As she dabbed Helen's tears away with a handkerchief, she continued soothingly, "After all, she is merely a secondhand item. There's no need for you to be so enraged. If Prince Rafael insists on marrying her, so be it. A beauty from afar is pleasing to the eye, but living with her every day can become tiresome.

"No matter how beautiful a woman is, if she becomes petty and jealous, which man wouldn't grow weary of her? Prince Rafael will have many concubines. Once her fierce demeanor is revealed, she. may end up being disliked by the prince himself without you having to say a word."

Helen seethed with anger. "That may be true, but how can a

woman-especially one cast out. by a decayed family? How can I hold my

late king's entire harem, apart from her sister, she had looked down upon all the other concubines. Even

Quinton family, came from a prestigious

also

included the sixth son from the Quinton family. The sixth son was from the third

the third branch, he had suffered a fall in his youth that left him with a damaged mind. Now, at forty. years old, he behaved like a child of about seven. Fortunately, he married

even pass the state exams. His days were spent

looked down upon him. She hoped Kiera would marry someone knowledgeable and respectable, not someone frivolous and inept like

could no longer hold a significant position in court.

family's sixth son. Even Kiera had

torn. She wanted to ally with the Quinton family, but she didn't want her daughter to marry a

her children's marriages proving unsatisfactory, how could a woman as strong-willed

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kind of enchanting vixen she's become. Even as a discarded woman, she dares to aspire to

the difficulty of her situation. Carissa shouldn't assume that a few military achievements made her

Helen might have supported this marriage.