Elisif knows she's the Empire's candidate for High Queen only because they regard her as weak and biddable; until a hasty trip to Helgen, to witness Ulfric's execution, sends her into deadly peril but also reveals a new side to her. With a new and lethal friend, the unlikeliest of Dragonborns, as her mentor she sets out to become a true warrior queen.

As Roy prepares to burn away Riza's burden, she reflects upon how her past might have lead to such a terrible present. And memories are rarely kind.

Kunai and orchads, jutsu and ikebana. Kakashi couldn't see how his world of stealth, violence, and death could ever fit into one of beauty and flowers. Yet as admiration turns into infatuation, it will take all of his training to stay away from the civilian that has caught his eye.