Her Graceful War Song (Carissa Sinclair)

Chapter 907

"What's the point of saying this now?" Shane grabbed him. "At this point, there's no use. I'll go to the observation tower and ask General Quinton myself. Let's see if he did hear anything."

"He definitely heard," Igor said, lifting his head.

His eyes were filled with uncertainty. Even in the face of thousands of soldiers, he had never been afraid, but now he was terrified. This was a situation he didn't know how to handle.

"Dylan yelled so loudly-unless they're deaf, anyone could hear it."

"I'll go find them and ask for their help. This can't reach His Majesty's ears!" Shane shouted. "Get the horses ready.

With that, he strode out.

Wyatt watched the generals. He knew they had been by his dad's side for most of their lives, and that their concern for him was what drove them to seek out Felix.

He sighed. "My friends, words can bring disaster. From now on, we must be careful with what we say. No more speaking out of turn."

The others nodded quickly, but what good was it now? Could they undo the damage?

"Even without the Crown Guard present, we shouldn't have said anything in front of General Quinton and General Larkin,"

Wallace sighed and rubbed his temples, a headache building. Their dad would return to the capital by royal order, but Wyatt wouldn't be the one to take over command of the troops here. Instead, it was passed to Wallace. He was the youngest, and not even Dominic's biological son.

Clearly, Salvador had his own intentions and was trying to sow division within the family. If there was any strife or conflict here, Salvador could send another general to take over Victory Pass.

As it stood, who could stabilize Victory Pass? Aside from the Hell Monarch, who else could handle it? Salvador wouldn't send the Hell Monarch, so if anyone else came, they would either be too inexperienced or too eager to gain military merit and rise to power.

Thankfully, the Sullivan brothers were united. No matter who held the command, when their dad was present, they followed him. When he wasn't, they listened to Wyatt.

When Shane arrived at the observation tower, Felix invited him to his and Homer's room. The room was small, with two beds, a small dining table, and two stools.

The observation tower had once been a temple, but after the temple relocated to the mountains, this building was repurposed to accommodate officials and visitors from the capital or other regions.

Felix gestured for Shane to sit, while Homer settled on the bed. After Felix relayed Kevin's words, Shane's face drained of color, turning ashen.

With Dominic's return to the capital, the stakes were high. It had been a gamble on divine favor, but those words would undoubtedly offend the king beyond redemption.

"Is there any way out of this?' Shane asked, his voice trembling after a long silence.

"Before you arrived," Felix began, "I contacted some people we have in Victory Pass. They're helping to send word to Prince Rafael. I'm sure you've heard of the Septimus Tetra reconnaissance team. All of them were saved by His Highness. We're hoping His Highness can convince the Marquis of Elderglen to stop Sentry Ziegler before he returns to the capital and talk him down."

Shane was a bit surprised. "You have people in Victory Pass?"

"They're not our people,' Felix clarified. "Before we came to Victory Pass, Lady Carissa gave us contact

information for them, so we could send messages back to the capital quickly if anything happened."

"Is Sentry Ziegler from the Marquis of Elderglen's family?"

"He's the Marquis of Elderglen's nephew."

Shane couldn't feel fully reassured. Felix had just said that even with that connection, he had been refused.

It wasn't hard to understand why. Everyone wanted to rise in the ranks, especially those who were working directly for the king. Who wouldn't want to climb higher? Opportunities like that didn't come often, and it didn't take much effort-just a simple report, and the reward would be theirs.

"Please relay to Cari that if a conversation can be had, then have it. But if not, no other measures should be taken. The Sullivan family has always prided itself on being upright. If anyone's to blame, it's ourselves for speaking without thinking and giving others leverage," Shane said.

Felix and Homer already held great respect for the Sullivan family, but after hearing Shane's words, their admiration deepened. If it had been someone else, someone ruthless, they might have arranged for an assassination on the way back to the capital to silence Kevin for good.

However, the Sullivan family truly did everything with integrity.