Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 288

Chapter 288

Chapter 288

Aurora couldn’t bring herself to meet Carissa’s gaze, as cold and sharp as a blade. Every word Carissa spoke was unpleasant to hear, yet not a single one was untrue.

Aurora had been desperate to achieve something. After the battle at Victory Pass, she believed she had. succeeded, and that she had done so with exceptional merit. No longer just the daughter of an old soldier, she was now a general in her own right.

She looked down on everyone and felt superior, but deep down, she knew she was still insignificant. Otherwise, with her accomplishments, she wouldn’t have been relegated to the position of Barrett’s secondary wife.

Most people wouldn’t have accepted such a fate.

Aurora’s acceptance was driven by two reasons–her deep affection for Barrett, as well as the realization that, without her achievements, she would never be able to reach the heights of the Warren family.

She dismissed the trivialities of domestic struggles, claiming she wanted women to excel on the battlefield, contributing to the kingdom through war and conquest. She said these things to Barrett, who believed them and looked at her with admiration.

Needing Barrett to see her as different, she achieved this by sleeping with him before returning to the capital, securing her place in the Warren family.

back then, Aurora hadn’t considered her a threat. Carissa was just a highborn lady, obedient to propriety, governed by

Boring, really.

dowry and her management of the household finances meant that Aurora could focus on her career.

Carissa was not a mere docile cat but a patient and calculating tiger? As Aurora’s thoughts drifted, Frederick returned with

handed them to her and coldly said, “Put your

silver coins was a humiliation to Aurora. She glared at Carissa, but the moment their eyes met, an inexplicable shiver

leaning against the corridor wall. The coldness in her eyes had vanished, leaving only

comfort her, “My lady, don’t be upset. Indifference is the strongest armor–no

as she spoke softly, “Frederick, I’m fine. I was just thinking about how lively the house

mood grew somber. The

was irretrievable.

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was now a shell of its former self. The title

let herself dwell on the past for long. She quickly lifted her head and

have reached

found him in the small study, writing diligently. His face was