With her daughter learning to overthrow Van Theleck, her Sky Warriors preparing for war, and a bounty on her head, alive or dead, Nayr knows she must be careful. Hearing that her aunt has been captured and Nextor has fallen, Nayr summons the courage to leave the kingdom of Palik. With Selenia and a new quarry by her side, Nayr learns that what she aims to achieve may harm what she doesn't want to lose.