Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1194

Carissa gently helped Violet to a chaise lounge, settling her down. "Thank Isaac for me, but I won't guess. Just tell me who did you see?"

"Victor!" Violet's eyes went wide, possibly from the alcohol, though it could have been from the sheer shock of what she was about to say. "Yes, it was Victor, the Sandoria marshal. And not just one, there were several Victors." "Several Victors, or several people who looked like Victor?" Carissa pressed her hand to Violet's forehead. "How much did you drink to get this drunk?"

"Victor..." Violet mumbled, her head growing still, as though the name had locked her into place. "But not as old as Victor."

"You mean people who looked like Victor? Sandorians?"

Carissa's mind started racing. Sandoria and Starhaven hadn't had much interaction, and for a Sandorian to make it to Starhaven let alone to the capital-seemed impossible. Even harder to think they could settle here.

"Yes... Sandorians. How could there be Sandorians in the capital? They were... they're hiding in the gentlemen's retreat. Why doesn't anyone talk about the guests at the gentlemen's retreat? I saw them those guests surely saw them too," said Violet, her words slurring as she tried to get them out.

Carissa's heart skipped a beat.

Of course, the guests of the gentlemen's retreat wouldn't talk about it. To speak of it would be to admit they had gone there. But the real question was when had the Sandorians come to the capital? It was no wonder no one had discovered them. They had been hiding in a gentlemen's retreat.

Though there were a few gentlemen's retreats in the city, they operated discreetly. Sigmund had strictly outlawed them and monitored them closely. After Salvador ascended the throne, such matters were barely addressed.

Sigmund's time, but homosexuality was still frowned upon by society. No one would openly talk about it, and since no one mentioned it, no one paid attention. Everything seemed fine, and

Carissa could react, she was fast asleep, unable to

to Violet. Then, turning on her heel, she rushed out to find Isaac. She knew well that he had a remarkable tolerance for

purpose. I noticed them a few days

his hair was slightly damp and sticking to his temples, but he appeared fully awake and

to sit. "I had planned to bring you along, but since you didn't want to go, I took Violet instead. After all, she's been to the battlefield and

were tall,

distinct eye colors. But some Sandorians were of average height, with eyes nearly identical to Starhaven people. Only their noses were slightly higher and their eyes more piercing, giving them a stronger presence, though

from Starhaven

glance.

a touch of feminine air. So, not everyone who

to me, then?" Carissa asked, frowning.

to be Violet who invited you. If I asked you to come, word would get back to Meadow Ridge, and

was

to those places to drink again, did you? You said you wouldn't

drinking, not a place of ill repute. I just went there for the drinks, not to do anything

eyebrow. "Would you say that

her a