“Matthew had won this battle—a battle in a war marked no more by yards on an open field, but by scars unseen.”

“There's not one good thought in that place. There's nothing but waste and want. I can feel his selfish cravings and an abyss of secrets I hope to never know.”

“Matthew had won this battle—a battle in a war marked no more by yards on an open field, but by scars unseen.”