Augum has developed special feelings for Leera over the years and here he wants to show these feelings to her. Everything would have been a lot easier if such a serious mission would not have altered their love life. They cannot spend time together because the danger is looming in the air and the enemy can attack at any time.
Riven and Prodigy of Thunder possess action but this book is full of strategies that both sides adopt in order to get the upper hand in the war. Whoever gets the upper hand this time would be able to control the fate of the land forever. Thus the time to show valor has come.