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.

spies weren't dead yet, but the blood loss had left them drifting in and out of consciousness. They muttered something, but it was in Westic. Carissa and the others couldn't understand, but Rafael knew exactly what

was broken,

been blind to their wrongs, just unwilling to admit them. Now, as death loomed, perhaps every scene from their past was replaying in their minds. And these words of apology were the

to Carissa and Lulu. "They said they're

herself any longer. At Rafael's words, she broke down, sobbing

are apologies? What

Lulu's cries were heart-wrenching.

simple apology erase all

that single sentence was needed-by Lulu, by Carissa, and by the spirits of their family members. Whether

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

the conclusion of the negotiations and the deaths of the last two Westhaven spies, 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

brought Ryan back from the academy. The dark cloud of worry

Barrett had not been too severely punished and could even return to his position as

him, your third uncle and many of the military officers at Victory Pass would have been implicated," he said. Carissa understood. It was Wyatt who had allowed Barrett and Aurora to