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.

martial arts, even surpassing him and Aurora

merits. During the siege of Simonton City, he had witnessed her courage and decisiveness firsthand. Amidst a rain of arrows and countless dangers, she remained calm and

had intimidated him as

had not answered, Aurora understood clearly and

to the daughter from an earl's family at that. You'll join the Prince family, and

disliked hearing such words, and his patience wore

of love and relationships? I let Carissa

what caused yours? Don't you remember what happened in Fawnrun City? Do you not know the connection between

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

her head, her

household more than anything. I won't provoke her, but if she dares to provoke me, I will

are you, and she is she. Just stick to your own duties. What's this

you and I are bound by the king's edict. This life will likely see us tied together. If you cannot manage her, don't blame me for being ruthless." Barrett looked at the resentment in her eyes, and

please," he said, his voice