Ember Falls (The Green Ember #2)

by S.D. Smith

acknowledging its presence while at the same time assigning it a place of service. It would have to sharpen his mind. Fear would not, could not, be his master. Not today. There was too much at stake.

And we shall have to be blind to impossibilities,”

What a burden to assign all these souls to places where he knows they will face unthinkable danger.

“We don’t have to win the war today, sir,” Heather said. She hoped she looked braver than she felt. “We only have to win the next battle.”

The Green Ember burns; the seed of the New World smolders. Healing is on the horizon, but a fire comes first. Bear the flame.

Beneath it all was a river of relief sliding into an ocean of foreboding.

We are beset by many dangers, and traitors multiply in the dark. It will not be so in the Mended Wood.”

He will let us be who we are, inspire us to be who we ought, not promise us what we can never be.” “You don’t believe you will be a queen?” he asked, his eyes keen and penetrating. This went to her heart. The truth was, she did hope to be queen. Not because of a desire for power or prestige, but because she loved Smalls, and that was the only way to stay by his side for life.

“Rabbits who wait for their betters to act ought to act better.”

“For them, we must do no less than our best.”

Fight for Smalls, for Emma, for Heather and the whole wounded world. Carry your pain and let it fire you in the fight. Bear the burden and bear the flame.”

An anonymous slave was a living slave.

But no cause is greater than my love for you. I fight because you are in my heart.”