The killing machines may have been destroyed, but war with Scanra continues. Kel still has her refugees to protect, and the long northern winter to get through, before fighting picks up again in the spring. Picks up at the end of Lady Knight.

This is an extended version of chapter 13 of my story New Hopes. If you haven't read that, this probably won't make too much sense. I wanted to keep that story T, thus posting this as a separate one shot.