Awakening Love Reborn to Be His Duchess (Elowen Hale) novel Chapter 662

Chapter 662 Returning to Duskmoor Manor

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Elowen spoke so quickly and decisively that neither man even had the chance to answer before she turned and walked straight out of the shop.

A moment later, she climbed into the waiting carriage.

Mira and Scarlet followed closely behind her.

As the carriage rolled through the crowded streets toward Duskmoor Manor, Mira finally gave up trying to contain herself and scooted eagerly closer to Elowen, her eyes practically sparkling.

“Your Grace, aside from Corbin, those other two were spoiled little creeps too. You can tell they spend all day throwing their weight around because of their families.” She blinked curiously. “And you really just let them go like that?”

Leaning comfortably against the carriage wall, Elowen smiled faintly. “That’s exactly why I asked for their names and their fathers‘ positions.” Her tone remained light, but satisfaction lingered underneath it. “From this point forward, neither of them will ever pass the court qualification trials, and neither will ever hold office. As for their fathers, they can forget about promotions too. The rest of their lives are going to feel like running headfirst into locked doors.”

Mira’s eyes widened instantly.

“So that was your plan all along!” she exclaimed excitedly. “You blocked every road ahead of them without even raising your voice. That’s way more satisfying than beating them senseless!”

Elowen laughed softly before turning toward Scarlet.

Scarlet sat quietly in the corner of the carriage with her head lowered and both hands folded neatly in her lap, clearly lost in thought.

“Scarlet,” Elowen called gently.

Scarlet lifted her eyes a moment later, her expression calm and composed. “Yes, Your Grace?”

“Did you remember all the names and titles those men inentioned earlier?”

Scarlet nodded softly. “I remembered all of them.”

Elowen immediately relaxed. “Good. I forgot half of it the moment they stopped talking.”

Then her voice softened slightly.

“Are you alright?”

The carriage suddenly fell quiet.

Even Mira’s grin faded as she turned toward Scarlet with concern written all over her face.

After a moment, Scarlet smiled faintly.

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The smile was small, but sincere.

“Your Grace stood up Torne today,” she said quietly, “I’m very grateful.”

Elowen shook her head gently. “It wasn’t just me.”

Scarlet lowered her eyes once more.

“I should thank Commander Hall too.”

But Draven knew now.

He had heard those men call her a courtesan. He had heard every mocking, vulgar thing they said about

her.

Now he knew everything about her past.

Scarlet understood better than anyone what kind of life she used to live.

Scarlet knew better than anyone that she came from a past most people would rather pretend didn’t exist. Men like Corbin were like the mud and thorns buried beneath a roadside ditch. Even after the Duchess of Duskmoor had pulled her out and given her a chance at a different life, those old stains still had a way of reaching after her, dragging every humiliation and every buried shame back into the light for the world to

see.

Someone like Draven, a commander of the King’s Guard and one of Theodric’s most trusted men, with an entire future still waiting open before him, had never truly been someone Scarlet could imagine herself standing beside.

Before this, his kindness toward her existed only because he did not know the truth.

Now that he did… of course things would change.

And honestly, maybe that was for the best. That was what Scarlet kept telling herself.

So why did her chest suddenly feel so unbearably empty?

Elowen quietly watched every shift in Scarlet’s expression without saying a word.

Then she simply reached over and gently squeezed Scarlet’s hand.

Scarlet startled slightly before looking up.

Elowen’s expression remained warm and steady, carrying the sort of quiet reassurance capable of calming people without needing words at all.

Looking at her like that, Scarlet finally felt the ache in her chest case a little.

Beside them, Mira immediately copied the gesture and wrapped both hands around Scarlet’s fingers too

Scarlet turned toward her.

Mira was staring back with wide, serious eyes, looking as though comforting Scarlet was currently the most

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important responsibility in the world.

Scarlet could not help laughing softly at the sight.

Even so, her eyes still turned faintly red.

By the time the carriage returned to Duskmoor Manor, Mira and Scarlet climbed down first.

Elowen was just about to follow when a long, elegant hand appeared outside the carriage door.

She immediately poked her head out and smiled. “What are you doing here?”

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Cassian stood beside the carriage dressed in dark robes, tall and composed beneath the fading evening

ht while warmth softened the sharpness of his features.

waited for you I’d come out he

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tudy for quite a while,” he said calmly. “When you still hadn’t returned, I figured

d stepped down from the carriage. The moment both feet touched the ground, ward him with a bright smile.

ing good.”

w slightly. “And what exactly did you bring me?”

ack toward the carriage and lifted down a wooden food box. “Stew from my favorite shop

That shop’s been open for more

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