Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 736

The courtyard was in chaos. Violet’s furious shouting had sent Travis fleeing in panic, while Lulu and Sydney rushed to get a hot compress to reduce the swelling on Carissa and Violet’s faces and eyes.

wasn’t entirely ineffective. After all, once they applied some powder, Violet’s face didn’tlook as bruised anymore But Carissa’s eye socket was slowly turning black and blue

Lula offered to put powder on her too, but Carissa waved her off. “What a joke! Have you ever seen a court official wearing makeup? No, leave it.”

ing today.

But your eye doesn’t seem to open as wide as usual. You still need to appear before the king Wouldn’t this be considered disrespectful? Lulu said anxiously

Cassa didn’t think it was a big deal. During the audience, she would mostly keep her head down anyway. She rarely ever raised her head to meet the king’s eyes directly. And even if she did, the distance between them would be far enough that it wouldn’t be noticeable.

to the stables herself

now on, we’re off to a new

Usually, when Carissa went out, it was by camage, which wasn’t pulled by Lightning. Now, the horse snorted through his nose and scraped the

brand new, and I’ve trimmed his hooves. Early this morning, I fed him the

saddle. It was true what people said–clothes made

The new gear made Lightning’s

whip from the stable hand and boldly instructed, “Go see Luke later and ask for a reward. Tell him I

you, Your Grace! I

of Carissa’s eyes swollen and bruised. But with a reward on the line, he wasn’t about to

was

half her face still swollen. That troublemaker Travis had Srutten involved again, so things were bound to go