Her Graceful War Song (Carissa Sinclair) novel Chapter 768

Eleanor tilted her head, her laughter fading as she spoke earnestly.

"It has always been Jacob who contacts me, remember? You said you couldn't show your face, and couldn't let anyone have leverage over you. So, after you first mentioned your plans to rebel, Jacob took care of everything.

"If you bring him here and interrogate him rigorously, the truth will come out, won't it? Oh, and later, when you returned from the battlefield, the one responsible for contacting me, besides Jacob, was Carissa. Wasn't she the one who had those martial artists deliver the weapons? Just bring her in and torture her—she'll confess too."

As she spoke, a slow smile crept across her face.

"But if you don't torture them, you can't use torture on me either. That would be treating us differently. Besides, since I'm pointing to you as the mastermind, you can't be in charge of this case. Get someone else."

Rafael replied, "You don't need to worry about that. The king will decide after reviewing your testimony. If he thinks it necessary to change the interrogator, then you won't see me again."

Eleanor looked at him with a smile, but her eyes were filled with malice. "I truly hope I never see you again. You're revolting. A prince known for your military achievements, yet you married a woman who was once divorced. That is how you've brought disgrace to our royal family."

Rafael reminded her, "You're no longer part of the royal family. You don't need to worry about that."

Eleanor huffed. "You have no sense of shame. I insult you, and you don't even get angry. Your shamelessness is infuriating. If you didn't have leverage over me, do you think I would have allowed myself to be used by you in this treasonous plot? You're useless. You were too scared to keep weapons in your own home, so you hid them in mine instead. Many of those weapons were smuggled back from the Southern Frontier battlefield by you, including the armor."

The scribe turned pale upon hearing her words, terrified of the implications.

Should he be recording all of this? Once it was on paper, the testimony needed to be submitted to Salvador. This was the first interrogation, and the king would surely want to know everything Eleanor had said.