Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 5

Chapter 5

The Warren family members exchanged puzzled glances. None expected the usually agreeable Carissa to stand her ground so firmly this time.

She even defied Rebecca, the matriarch of the family!

“She’ll come around. She doesn’t have any other choice,” Rebecca said coldly.

That was true.

With Carissa’s family gone, she had no one to rely on except the Warren family. Besides, she was still Barrett’s rightful wife, and it wasn’t like she had been mistreated.

Early the next morning, Carissa and Lulu returned to Northwatch Estate.

The estate was bleak and covered in fallen leaves. After just half a year of neglect, the courtyard was overgrown with weeds that were taller than a person. Stepping back into the estate, Carissa’s heart ached fiercely.

lifeless bodies of her grandmother and mother—their corpses cold and devoid of

had been placed at the estate’s family chapel. Carissa and Lulu prepared flowers to place on the plaques, their tears

before her parents’ memorials. Though her eyes were swollen from crying,

from heaven, please forgive your daughter for what she is about to do. It’s not that I don’t want a peaceful life with a husband and children, but Barrett is not someone I can trust with

knelt beside

carriage and headed straight for the palace.

palace gates.

might not see you. Maybe he thinks you’re here to oppose his edict about the marriage. You didn’t eat last night or have breakfast today. Are

“I’m not hungry.”

was the unwavering resolve to dissolve

it go? After all, you’re still the rightful wife and the lady of the Warren family. Even if General Yates is to be a legal wife, she’ll just be a glorified concubine at best. Maybe we should just endure it?” Lulu

“Lulu, if you’re going to talk like that, don’t speak

to do. She had hoped that once Barrett returned, Carissa would find some peace. But the situation had only

already reported

is still waiting

aside the document he was reading and rubbed his temples. “I can’t see her. The edict has been issued, and I can’t take it back.

to leave. She’s

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