Sokka and his father travelled slowly back home. Sokka was still ill. He accused himself of causing the deaths of Tom-Tom, Ty Lee, and Zuko.
"They all died by my hands."
My dearest, Sokka, what infatuation is this?"
Sokka received a letter from Suki. She thought she knew why he put off the marriage.
No! Sokka still loved Suki. But the thought of marriage reminded him of the creature's threat.
Would marriage mean Sokka's murder, and yet more sadness caused by the creature? Weeping, he wrote to Suki.
Sokka arrived home.
The wedding day arrived. Sokka promised to reveal his secret to Suki the next day. Meanwhile he tried to hide his worries, but secretly carried a dagger.
After the wedding party, Sokka and Suki sailed away to start their honeymoon. They left the boat to spend the night in a inn. Sokka's worries returned.
Suki went to their room. Sokka planned to search the hotel, then join her.
Sokka found no trace of the creature and was beginning to feel safe, when a blood-curdling scream pierced the air!
Suki had been strangled. Sokka cradled his wife's lifeless body in his arms, and there was the hideous creature at the window, enjoying Sokka's pain!
Sokka threw his dagger, but the creature escaped and leapt into the lake. The villagers gave chase as well, but the creature was too quick for them.
Sokka clung to his dead wife, weeping uncontrollably. But then he had a terrible thought. Had the creature gone to attack his father and brother? Sokka rushed back home, and found his father dying. The shock of Suki's murder had been too much for him.