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

discarded woman-especially one cast out. by a decayed

apart from her sister, she had looked down upon all the other concubines. Even the noble concubine, Dakota, she regarded as insignificant. Dakota's son, Kendrick, had married

natal family, the Quinton family, came from a

Klera, was also in

sixth son from the Quinton family. The

youth that left him with a damaged mind. Now, at forty. years old, he behaved like a

His days

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

to marry off their sixth son to Kiera because once she was married to him, he could no longer hold a significant position in court. He could either find a minor official post or live out his days in idle

about this, indicating that he was satisfied with Quinton's family's sixth son. Even Kiera had stolen. glances at him, and had

to ally with the Quinton family, but she didn't want her

how could a

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what kind of enchanting vixen she's become. Even as a discarded woman, she

Helen hoped Carissa would retreat upon realizing the difficulty of her situation. Carissa shouldn't assume that a few military achievements made

had been in the past, Helen might have supported this marriage. Back