Chasm (The Glacian Trilogy, #2)

by Stacey McEwan

And he understands now, why wars are so often won and lost upon

the promise of mercy, because here is his heart, wrenched outside of himself, twisting before him in the snow, and he’d give entire kingdoms to ease the torment.

“Did you know you are the only one I’ve ever… cared for?” he confesses, stumbling over the words. “Truly cared for, I mean. Worried for. Longed for. I thought of you… endlessly.”

this is the part of the story where the heroes rise from the dust and renew their energies to the task ahead.”

“If it concerns Dawsyn, then I should know.” “Because you love her?” “Love is a trace of what I feel,” he snarls.