Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 86

Chapter 86

No wonder Carissa knew that soldiers from Westhaven had disguised themselves as Sandorian soldiers and gone to the Southern Frontier battlefield. That was also why she had traveled alone for a thousand miles to bring Rafael the news.

“Take your time to calm down, then talk to me,” Rafael said as he sat down beside her, his tall figure acting like a protective barrier shielding her from the world.

“What else do you want to know, Marshal?” asked Carissa, who had calmed down considerably.

Rafael’s eyes were like a dark sea churning beneath the surface. ‘Everything. Why you suddenly got married, what happened after you got married, and everything surrounding the Westhaven sples massacring your entire household.”

Carissä didn’t know why he wanted to know about her marriage, but she answered truthfully, trying to keep her emotions steady and her recounting as straightforward as possible.

“When I returned from the Pathfinders Guild, I learned of my father and brothers‘ sacrifice. I told my mother I wanted to go to the Southern Frontier battlefield, but she refused.

“My father and brothers‘ deaths hit her hard, and she cried so much she nearly went blind. She forced me

of the Pathfinders Guild, so she had people

“I remember you weren’t someone who followed

of confusion flashed in Carissa’s

how did

my father and brothers passed away, only the elderly, women, and children were left in our household. So, I agreed with my mother. I tried to learn to be

me to marry a military man, she feared I wouldn’t

handle it, that I would either be

stable.

know nothing about poetry or songs. I wouldn’t have anything in common with a scholar, and the differences in our interests would make it hard to

smiled bitterly as she continued, “In the end, she chose Barrett for two reasons. First, he swore never to take a concubine, even if I couldn’t bear children. Second, although

of the Warren family at the time, it would be hard for Barrett to rise. He wasn’t likely to be sent to war, and at most,

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low–ranking positions, his mother is chronically ill, and his eldest sister- in–law is an introverted, indecisive person. He has a younger sister who will eventually marry out, so she wouldn’t be a problem.

eyes now dimmed. “If I were your mother, I would have chosen the same for

received an urgent report from the Ministry of Defense stating that they needed reinforcements at Victory Pass. General Ward had fallen seriously ill, so Barrett led the