Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 169

Chapter 169

Two days later, Dylan and Rafael’s strategist, Jacob York, returned.

It was raining heavily earlier, so Jacob had changed into a fresh set of clothes before he hurried to the study to see Rafael.

Jacob was direct and to the point..

“The king’s intention is to strip you of your military command. Since you’re willing to relinquish it, then let it go. However, you mustn’t allow your marriage to be used as leverage.

“The king knows you once sought to marry Lady Sinclair. He wants. to

use her as compensation, to ease his own conscience. However, I bélieve it is unnecessary. Once you surrender your command, request him to retract his edict. Whether or not you marry Lady Sinclair should be a matter between you and her, not tainted by the royal family’s interference.

“If the king inserts himself into the matter, it will complicate things and turn it into something more than just a marriage. Both you and Lady Sinclair will be put in a very awkward position.”

Marriage should be purely about affection, not a matter of profits and interests. To marry for gain would be to betray the true feelings. involved.

furrowed deeply. “That was my thought as well. However, the Hell Monarch Army’s medal of command was given to me by the late king. He declared the Hell Monarch Army would forever

to reward me handsomely to account for the late king’s wishes and the court’s expectations. At the very least, he needs to maintain his image. I worry

clear that it is a reward, he will likely

Madam Sinclair would rather marry her daughter to General Warren. than wait for you to reclaim the

most,” Rafael said, pushing aside a paperweight on the desk. “The king’s actions

is not necessarily forcing. you to surrender your command… What I mean is,

I I

that the king. genuinely wants

could be he wants both–your military command and Lady. Sinclair. If you insist on having him retract the edict, he might still seek to have both. As for rewarding you, it could be in other forms- gold, silver, treasures,

showing any interest in Carissa. If he had, he would have asked Victoria to intervene when Melanie arranged

hadn’t been interested before, only to

women, but none like Carissa, who was both capable

to be a

troubles would be greatly eased. Also, Carissa had proven

king’s few simple words

“So, at this point, I must

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