Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1076

Viola sat in the chair for a long time before finally deciding to compromise.

"Can you promise me two things?" she asked. "If you can, I won't ask for a divorce."

Barrett let out a weary sigh. "What are they?"

"First," Viola said, her tone firm, "you're never to mention Carissa or Aurora again. At least, not in my presence."

Barrett fell into a long silence. Then, finally, he nodded. "All right."

"Second," Viola continued, "you must pull yourself together and return to the Nightsteel Guard. Get your old position back as deputy commander."

Barrett blinked, clearly taken aback. "But I've been dismissed. How am I supposed to return to the Nightsteel Guard?"

Viola leaned forward, her words quick and insistent. "I'll ask my sister-in-law to pull some strings for you. All you have to do is agree. Once you're reinstated, you must commit yourself fully to your duties-work hard, earn a promotion, and listen to me from now on." Barrett shook his head. "I can't ask her to do that. I've already lost the king's favor. For her to help me, she'd have to spend a fortune and exhaust her connections. Those resources are better saved for her children-for their futures and their marriages. It's not right to waste them on me."

third daughter of the Earl of Silverstone's family! Her money and her influence belong

I'm still the third

sighed deeply. For a long time, he said

with irritation. "Will

return to

shot to her

"Are you out of your mind? Go back as a common soldier? How would you provide for this household? How would you

where you were, and now you've thrown it all away for that despicable woman—and you expect me to suffer through rebuilding from scratch with you? What kind of woman do you think I am?" She was frantic, thinking

go to the Southern Frontier or Victory Pass? What difference would there be between

fury and frustration. "I don't understand do you even want this marriage to work? Or are you deliberately trying

he had made a decision. His whole life had been full of uncertainty. He would regret things

mind flashed

divorced her, she had remained composed and unshaken. At

her choices. After enduring far worse,

he saw his past self. He didn't find