Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 38

Chapter 38

After Solomon and the other Sinclair family members moved all the dowry items back to Northwatch Estate, Carissa came out to thank them and invited everyone in for tea.

Solomon shook his head. “We’ve got other important matters to attend to, so we can’t stay for tea. By the way, Barrett asked me to give you a message. He hopes you won’t regret your decision.”

“I have nothing to say to him in response to his message. Since you have important matters, I won’t keep you,” Carissa replied calmly.

Pleased with her response, Solomon and the others left.

Even if the Sinclair family lost everything, they couldn’t lose their dignity.

It wasn’t that Solomon didn’t want to stay for tea, but Northwatch Estate was still in chaos. He was certain the new servants had yet to learn all the necessary rules and mannerisms.

Solomon–would have been okay with it, but he had brought along other family members. Too many people seeing the situation at Northwatch Estate might lead to gossip, and Carissa couldn’t afford to have any rumors spreading about her right now.

Returning to Exquisite Pavilion, Carissa wrote a letter asking for help to investigate the battle between Westhaven and Starhaven at Victory Pass, and had someone urgently send it to her guild.

her suspicions but didn’t dare confirm anything

Dominic, as well as her third and seventh uncles were stationed at Victory Pass. At the end of last year, ten thousand troops had been

know what actually happened during the battle and couldn’t ask her grandfather or uncles directly. If her suspicions were correct,

Carissa refused all visitors, though few came to see her anyway. The Sinclair family would only bother her if it was urgent. All the arrangements to staff the estate were completed, with all the newly

position, Solomon had recommended a man named Jason Lewis, who was said to be a reliable person. Other positions, from guards and coachmen to carpenters, gardeners, cooks, and

to serve as

previously worked at Northwatch Estate, but after injuring his leg in a horse–riding accident, he was allowed to go home and recover with his family. When Holly sought a new head steward for the outer estate, he turned up

Frederick’s first day back at the estate, the nearly sixty-year–old man cried in

Northwatch had become a duke; the marquis‘ mansion had become a duke’s mansion. Carissa was now the sole survivor of

sadness

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Joy. These five maids took excellent care of their mistress, serving her chicken soup and nourishing broths every day. After a month of this treatment, her beauty became even

Aurora, and she joined the Warren family as

wife.

scandal, the marriage had been decreed by the king, so many officials and even

feel some sense of restored dignity. After the newlyweds completed the ceremony, Rebecca couldn’t stop smiling. The Ministry of Defense credited Aurora as having made the greatest contribution in the recent battle, as she had led the negotiations for the peace treaty between