Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Carissa also noticed that Rafael started coughing as soon as he ate, and his cheeks turned red from the coughing.

Clearly, he wasn't used to spicy food. So why did he choose this restaurant?

She moved the list of non-spicy dishes to his side, and said, "Even though you like spicy food, I think your throat is sore today. You should avoid spicy dishes for now and eat something lighter." "My throat does feel off," Rafael said, clearing his throat as he felt the lingering burn from the spices.

It was quite uncomfortable.

"I'll have someone bring you a glass of milk," Carissa said, standing up to open the door to the private room. She called for a waiter to bring a cup of milk.

"Milk can help neutralize the spiciness," she said with a smile, as if comforting a child. "Drink up."

Rafael took the glass of milk. It had a slight gamey taste, but it was cool and refreshing, making it bearable. More importantly, it was a gesture of her thoughtfulness.

He appreciated her unspoken understanding, not revealing his discomfort or his attempts to please her.

She had truly changed since their time in Meadow Ridge.

But he felt quite bitter, because the scene of her coaxing him to drink milk was probably how she had always served Rebecca in the past, right?

regarded the Warrens as her family, and genuinely wanted to spend her life with Barrett. How

thought that humiliating Aurora would drive her to

cold demeanor, and asked, "What are you thinking

he shook his head. "It's nothing. We'll talk about

privacy, signaled to Lulu and

matters at hand, so she called the waiter to help them move the

later, only Carissa and Rafael

you, Your Highness?"

yet they all betrayed you. I'm angry on your behalf. And it seems to me that

that a simple cup of milk would remind

that after careful consideration, the king will have her removed from the Ministry of Defense. She used to look

the other women in the household. But in the end, she would inevitably become the very type of person she despised.

responsible. Don't you want to kill

question Carissa had pondered many

But would it be true revenge? The people of Westhaven won't reveal the evil she committed at Victory Pass. Killing her wouldn't be true

be even less likely to make it public. Such an action would be detrimental to Starhaven. Moreover, the Starhaven soldiers would be branded as cruel and ruthless, and it would also implicate her grandfather,