All Chapters of Once Her Betrothed, Now Her Judge: Chapter 11

[Third Person POV]The memory of breaking through the siege three years ago rose unbidden in the empress' mind. Countless soldiers had stood beside Gideon, all of whom had died under enemy blades to protect her.She remembered a cheerful young female general whose final words were, "Your Majesty, go on ahead. I've got all those enemy troops surrounded by myself, heh."She remembered an old veteran, riddled with arrows yet still standing straight. "Your Majesty, I still want to fight for our country and expand to new frontiers."She remembered a plump female soldier, whose dream was to be as beautiful as a courtesan in full finery, yet whose face had been burned beyond recognition in the flames of war.She remembered…The empress forced back her tears and gave an immediate order to build a monument to the fallen in the heart of the borderlands. The names and deeds of every soldier who had died in battle were to be carved into the stone, so that generations to come would honor them