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.

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

broken, halting

from their past was

to Carissa and Lulu. "They said

any longer. At Rafael's words,

are apologies? What

Lulu's cries were heart-wrenching.

simple apology

spirits of their family members. Whether they forgave or not was up to them, but

own

and the deaths of the last two Westhaven spies, the massacre of the Sinclair

burial-being

Sullivan Estate and headed to Hell Monarch Estate. Carissa brought Ryan back from the academy.

and could even return to his position as

mercy. If too much punishment had been levied against 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 go to Fawnrun City, a decision they had all discussed together. But