Ten years after the events of Book 4, Kuvira returns home to Zaofu to serve the rest of her sentence under house arrest. As she tries to figure out how she fits into the Beifong family, she realizes her feelings for Suyin are not what she expected. She was never a daughter to Su, but perhaps she could be something else. Kuvira/Su (Su/Bataar Sr. with Kuvira/Bataar Sr. friendship)