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."

money and her influence belong to the family, don't they? If her children can

as a married woman, I'm still the third daughter of the Earl of

deeply. For a long time, he said

voice rose, sharp with irritation. "Will you agree

ask you this instead. If I return to the army as a common soldier and start over

her feet,

you provide for this household? How would

kind of woman do you think I am?" She was frantic, thinking he must have lost his mind or gone crazy. To become a

Or go to the Southern Frontier or

want this marriage to work? Or are you deliberately trying to drive me

both on the outside and inside because he had made a decision. His whole life had been full of uncertainty. He would regret things today, regret them tomorrow, and then reminisce about them later. He

mind flashed

he had formally divorced her, she had remained composed and unshaken. At the time, he had dismissed it as her being too cold and lacking even the most

made her peace with her choices. After enduring far worse, she had learned to

saw his past self. He didn't