Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 988

Violet had originally thought of making a few more cuts on the bodies of the Westhaven spies. But when she heard Lulu's words, she stopped herself. If they were stabbed more, their blood would flow too quickly and they would die too easily.

Carissa moved to the small shrine nearby. Lighting the candles, she knelt and prayed silently. Her throat tightened, and no words came. However, she knew that her parents, her brothers, and her sisters-in-law, all in the afterlife, could see this moment.

Rafael stepped forward and lit another candle. He knelt beside her, taking her hand in his.

His heart ached as he whispered softly. The killers have been punished. Mother and everyone else will surely find peace in the afterlife now."

Carissa's face was already streaked with tears.

Would they truly find peace?

She didn't know. She only knew they would never return.

The vengeance didn't ease the pain in her heart, but she knew she had to stay strong. Only by living a life of happiness could she truly honor their spirits.

in and out of consciousness. They muttered something, but it was in Westic. Carissa and the others couldn't understand,

broken, halting

them. Now, as death loomed, perhaps every scene from their past was replaying in their minds. And these words of

and Lulu. "They said

At Rafael's words, she broke

are apologies? What good are

Lulu's cries were heart-wrenching.

simple apology erase

needed-by Lulu, by Carissa, and by the spirits of their family members. Whether they forgave or not was

Rafael held Carissa, letting her cry in his arms, Violet held Lulu tightly, unable to hold back her own tears. She wasn't the best at comforting, but she gently patted Lulu's back. "Let it out. Go ahead and

last two Westhaven spies, the massacre of the Sinclair

bodies of the two spies were discarded in a mass grave. They didn't deserve a proper burial-being a source of food for wild dogs and wolves was the closest thing to

and headed to Hell Monarch Estate. Carissa brought Ryan back from the academy. The dark cloud of worry that had hung

too severely punished and could even return to his position as deputy commander of the Nightsteel Guard, Dominic was silent for a moment before

would have been implicated," he said. Carissa understood. It was Wyatt who had allowed Barrett and Aurora to