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.

earlier,

for a long time before speaking slowly, “Nobody from the Duke of Northwatch’s family ever bows down to anyone,

the battle at Victory Pass. The truth will come out and someone will be held responsible, but it might

Carissa understood.

would rather retaliate in such a way than admit their prince had been captured, humiliated, and

it up, they had even hidden the massacre of the villagers by Aurora, Since they chose to coneeal it, there would be no negotiations with Starhaven

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

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

the bigger picture, the king

the

civilian while Starhaven had kidnapped a

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said to Westhaven? If the incident was acknowledged, Westhaven would have grounds to demand an explanation and compensation

to settle this matter?

massacred villagers, Westhaven could still make a fuss. But she had humiliated and tortured a

escaped retribution, but it was a misfortune

Estate, as well as the soldiers on the Southern Frontier battlefield, all of whom had died due