The Black Clan leaders order her to stay. Mariko notices the giant is about ready to stealthily attack and calls attention to it. He easily defeats the giant using some strange power that blurs his edges. Mariko is surprised the man she assumed to be lazy is the one called on. Ranmaru calls for a fight among his best man and the giant leader. He doesn’t notice the yellow eyes in the forest him watching him. He knows Mariko killed him and is now posing as a boy. The Black Clan leader is the son of the disgraced Samurai whose execution she watched ten years ago. The leader is Ranmaru.Ī group of giant men storm the bar to fight Ranmaru and call him by a different name. She looks for the young, old, or outcasts, wondering if any would talk to someone who at first lends a listening ear. On the second night, members of the Clan arrive at the bar. He replies ‘So it begins.’Īfter several days of looking for the Black Clan, the most likely suspects, Mariko trades a jade pin from her mother for the information. They see his wife (the empress) in the distance. Kananko, the love of his life, his mistress and the mother of his oldest son Raiden, approaches with news of the attack on Mariko’s convoy. The emperor wanders in his gardens, thinking how he hasn’t accomplished enough during his reign. Mariko’s twin brother Kenshin comes upon the scene of the attack three days later and notices she escaped. She cuts her hair, steals his clothes, and leaves to solve the mystery of her attackers. She’s tired of having men make decisions and fight her battles for her.

Mariko sees what appears to be a yellow-eyed beast in the forest. Ten years later: Mariko’s father has arranged a marriage for her that will elevate her family’s status in the ruling class.

He thinks his father’s compatriots will get revenge eventually. ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happened in Flame in the Mist?Ī young boys’ father is decapitated for being a traitor. This page is full of spoilers, so beware! If you are wondering what happened in Flame in the Mist, the first book in this series, then you are in the right place! Read a full summary of Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh.

Flame in the mist by renée ahdieh