Saved from the flames that wiped out her clan, Ny'vaya finds fragile belonging among the Sarentu-and a quiet, dangerous closeness with the warrior who carried her from the fire. Between grief and war, a promised woman finds her heart drawn to the Tro'ong warrior So'lek in ways she cannot deny. A second chance, perhaps, placed gently in her path by the Great Mother -a hope for belonging, for love. But some promises do not fade, and not all bonds survive war. Can theirs?