Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry 731

Chapter 731

Rafael frowned as he read through Billy’s testimony. The man was clearly terrified of dying.

He had confessed everything in painstaking detail–how Celeste seduced him and forced him to risk everything to poison Melanie Lester, the drugs he used, how the illness worsened, and even when he predicted Melanie would die. He also speculated on Celeste’s motives, suggesting that she wanted to free herself entirely from Harmony Palace and escape its constraints by poisoning her own mother.

Though Rafael hadn’t been handling cases for long, he could immediately see a flaw in this story.

“If Celeste really wanted to break free from Aunt Eleanor, killing her mom wouldn’t help. There’s a contradiction here. Aunt Eleanor’s control over her hinged on her mom. If Celeste truly didn’t care about her mom’s life, she could have easily lived under Samuel’s protection at Gracehold Estate and stayed out of Aunt Eleanor’s grasp. And if she didn’t want to be a concubine, she could’ve swindled a good sum from Samuel and disappeared. Aunt Eleanor wouldn’t have found her that easily. Besides… she’s clearly not afraid to go all out–Billy is almost sixty,” said Rafael.

Matthew had spent years in the Supreme Court and seen all kinds of people. He replied, “Celeste was groomed for this kind of thing from a young age. She’s used to using her looks and body as bargaining chips. It isn’t very surprising.”

“Bring her in for questioning.” Rafael instructed.

sent someone to fetch her,” Matthew said, ‘Lord Henry was quick to reveal that she was at Weaver Coffee. But by the time our people got there, she

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capital for years. There was no way she hadn’t managed to pull some officials into her circle. Otherwise, all the money she spent every year on

edict from the king tomorrow to borrow some men

hadn’t forgotten about Carissa’s appointment as the commander of the Mystic

back to my estate for a bit. You should rest too.

testimony linking them. to the treason case yet. Salvador’s stance was still unclear, and the Supreme Court was short on manpower, so this task would have to be handled by his people

exhausted. “Take a break, Your Highness. I’ll rest in

because Henry was actually quite cunning despite looking like a coward. The moment the questioning got the least bit intense, he would pretend to have a fainting spell or complain of feeling unwell. And since Salvador hadn’t officially revoked

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That meant some harsher methods

understood this all too

head to the palace tomorrow and get a feel for His Majesty’s stance on this matter. If he issues a clear order,