Chapter 388

Third Person's POV

When news of his death in battle arrived, she laughed wildly, then wept just as intensely.

Good riddance, she thought—but why hadn't it been Calanthe instead?

Still, she took grim satisfaction in the idea that Calanthe's sons had all perished in the same war. Surely, that would break Calanthe's heart.

And indeed, Calanthe eventually went blind from her ceaseless tears.

Later, wh