Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Aurora seemed to know the answer in her heart, but she remained unsettled and unwilling to accept it.

"When you loved me, was it just a momentary infatuation?" she asked.

Barrett remained unable to answer. He didn't know.

His feelings for Aurora were genuine at the time, but whether they were merely a passing fancy, he couldn't clearly say.

Because after marrying Aurora and divorcing Carissa, he felt a pang of regret. He remembered telling Solomon that he hoped Carissa wouldn't regret her decision, but in truth, he knew that he himself had begun to regret it.

Didn't he love Aurora then? He certainly did.

But couldn't a man's heart hold space for two women?

How many men take multiple wives and concubines? Carissa couldn't accept it, and perhaps he was angered by his own broken promises. In any case, with Melanie now dead, he no longer needed to answer to the Duke of Northwatch's family for his promises.

Maybe he had thought he had Carissa under control. After all, she was an orphan with no family to rely on.

so skilled in martial arts, even surpassing

the siege of Simonton City, he had witnessed her courage and decisiveness firsthand. Amidst

it had intimidated him as

had not answered, Aurora

daughter from an earl's family at

hearing such words, and his

matters of love and relationships? I let Carissa down, but I haven't harmed her in

between

wounded. Now I have been dismissed from the military and can only remain

head,

Barrett, let me tell you this-I despise the scheming of ladies in the inner household more than anything. I won't provoke her, but if she dares to provoke me, I will make sure she regrets it!" Hearing her words, Barrett already anticipated

Just stick to your own duties. What's this talk

tied together. If you cannot manage her, don't blame me

please," he said, his voice