A Fanged and Bitter Thing: The last book in the SWORD epic.
Feud:
Their hate, a fanged and bitter thing
Lulled by a mutual grief, had slept
Like a long dormant serpent now
It writhed within their hearts and crept
Reluctantly, a little stiff
And cold, to its accustomed place.
Where quickened by old fire, each saw
It coil upon the other's face.
--Edith Mirick
