"𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧?" Dakota, or "Kota", is pretty much what you would expect out of a troubled teenager in the system who has just gotten out of juvie. She is spending her days of community service at the Dutton Ranch under Rip Wheeler's watch. And as she spends more time at the ranch, she begins to realize that there is more life than she thought, and that it is actually a very beautiful thing.