Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 87

Chapter 87

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Carissa continued, “That wasn’t the worst of it. The worst came later.”

She recounted how the Warren family tried to seize her dowry–even going so far as to accuse her of being disrespectful and jealous, and used that as grounds for divorce.

“That was the real outrage. But I didn’t expect the king to posthumously grant my father the title of duke and allow me to divorce Barrett. Because of that, I could take all my dowry with me.

Rafael’s eyes burned with anger. “They dared to treat you like that and wrong you?”

“I don’t feel wronged,” Carissa said, placing her hands on her knees and turning to look at Rafael. The beauty mark beneath her eye stood out vividly.

“If I had feelings for him, it would have been different, but I didn’t. Leaving the Warren family was a relief for me. Their schemes failed, and you saw how angry Aurora was at me, Marshal. She was upset that ! didn’t care about the man she coveted.”

Aurora wanted to humiliate her, but Carissa had left the Warren family with all of her dowry, without shedding a single tear. And she even enjoyed the status of being a duke’s daughter. That infuriated Aurora.

looks and words exchanged between Aurora and Barrett earlier, their marriage was far from loving. In fact, it seemed

“Nobody from the Duke of Northwatch’s family ever

Pass. The truth will come out and someone will be held responsible, but it might not

Carissa understood.

in such a way than admit their prince had

been captured. To cover it up, they had even hidden the massacre of the villagers by Aurora, Since they chose to coneeal

he wouldn’t publicize it. If he did, itwould reveal that a highly respected female general had violated the agreement between the two

wasn’t made public, Aurora couldn’t be prosecuted for it, nor could it be linked to

sake of the bigger picture, the king wouldn’t agree to that. The likely

the public

while Starhaven had kidnapped a prince and massacred civilians, wouldn’t the

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grounds to demand an explanation and compensation from Starhaven. What price would need to

to settle this matter?

villagers, Westhaven could still make a

enough to have escaped retribution, but it was a misfortune for all the

well as the soldiers on the Southern Frontier battlefield, all of whom had died due to Westhaven’s