Avis gripped Carissa's wrist tightly, glancing anxiously outside. Her breathing was rapid, and she struggled to keep her voice steady.

"Listen to me. Prince Yuvan is not a good man. He has been conspiring with Grand Princess Eleanor."

Carissa was stunned. "What?"

She hurriedly sent everyone out, instructing Violet to stand guard at the door.

"Aunt Avis, what do you mean by that?"

Avis' head sank, her voice filled with fear and cold dread as she continued, "Over the years, he has been secretly raising troops in Valken, funded by Grand Princess Eleanor and Lady Fiona. Those soldiers are hidden in Stonebridge County."

Carissa knew Stonebridge County. It was Eleanor's fief, the dowry the late king had given her.

"Do not offend him. Do not become his enemy. He is not as simple as outsiders think," Avis said, her breath growing weaker.

Perhaps the revelation of this secret had frightened her deeply.

"Over the years, he has caused a scandal with his favoritism and abandoning his wife. Do you really think he favors Lady Fiona? It's just a ploy to create a bad reputation and deceive the current king," Avis added.

Carissa was horrified.

to be a worthless, idle man-at least, Carissa

she hadn't even settled there.

was so brazenly

strength and drifted into a deep,

the twenty-eighth day of December, Avis seemed slightly better, eating half a bowl of oatmeal for lunch and

improvement. She urged Avis to rest well, hoping that after the harsh

shone as

up in her own joy, oblivious to the silent exchange of

Carissa and Violet heard Jasmine's frantic knocking at the door

gasping for breath as if she had just emerged

night, discovered that Avis had stopped breathing when she got up to

had not survived the year, dying quietly

Carissa tightly. He expected her to cry, but

arms, her voice was faint, "She's gone. Perhaps

the withered trees of Verdant Monastery. The desolation they exuded seemed to carry a faint

died in

Avis passed, she would have been entirely alone. And with her exalted status as a

the more

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