New story/sequel to Autumn Tyzula. The prompts are from Tyzula Renaissance.

There are a lot of influences in this story, think Spartacus and Boardwalk Empire

Enjoy

CHAPTER ONE: PROTECTION

It was frigid tonight.

Azula felt her skin prickle from the crisp, night air. The night was fast approaching now.

Winter. Thought Azula.

The alpha's least favorite season roared its presence with strong, litter gusts of wind that sent waves crashing into the Fire Nation ship. The princess was alone on the deck of the ship with a warm tea mixed with Mai's favorite liquor in a pink mug that Ty Lee had given her for her birthday last year. Clutching the handle of the mug, Azula felt her inner rage bubbling to the surface despite the weather. Ty Lee had left her a year ago or as she learned from Suki was forced out of the Fire Nation's capital. Despite her anger, the princess had managed to keep a level head during the meeting with her brother and uncle, even with Ursa's lurking presence.

"I would suggest to meet with King Kuei first to discuss our terms," Zuko had said when it was just the two of them in the throne room. "He will know more about where Ty Lee is and can help you on your search".

Only thoughts of her loving omega and their pup had stilled the alpha's hand as he spoke.

"It's cold up here," said a feminine voice behind her.

Azula turned quickly as the familiar scent hit her nostrils. It was Ty Lee! The alpha's mouth began to water at the sight of her lover. Ty Lee was still gorgeous. She beckoned for the princess to follow her to her quarters. Azula obliged immediately, locking the doors as they entered.

"You came back," Azula gasped reaching for the omega.

Ty Lee smiled brightly, yet did not respond. Instead she curled her index finger from where she sat on the bed. Azula's loins burned with a year's worth of ruts with each step closer towards her omega. She had to have her. Every inch of the pink loving acrobat belonged to her.

Upon reaching the omega, Azula reached for her familiar, long braid. Her hand instead met much shorter tresses and Azula's heart bled as her vision transformed into Ty Lee's persistent and lustful friend and leader, Suki. Pulling away, Azula felt for her endowment. Surprisingly, she had not shifted despite the desperate omega in heat sitting on the bed before her.

"Get out!" Hissed the alpha, pissed that her vision was not reality. "You should thank Agni I don't kill you for this".

Suki's eyes gave her a look of pity. "It is instinct, Azula. Ty Lee would understand. I know you two are soul-bonds, but it has been a year and I know you're suffering," pleaded the omega. "Believe me. I don't want this anymore than you, but you need an omega. I am trying to help you".

Azula's jaw tightened. "I don't need anything. When I find my mate, I will give her a year's worth of fucking. I won't betray her".

Suki's eyes narrowed. "With what? Your hands? You didn't even shift for my heat in your face. Are you even an alpha anymore?" She snapped, bitterly.

Azula's hands gripped Suki's neck as a knife met her own throat.

"I am tired of babysitting you two," Fire Lady Mai's voice hoarsely rung out next to the princess's ear.

Keeping the knife close to Azula's neck, yet not breaking skin, the fire lady barked commands. "Suki, you are going to drink some tea prepared for you in my quarters. Azula, you are going to study over Zuko's notes for our conference with King Kuei and the Council of Five".

Slowly, yet reluctantly, Azula released the warrior. Mai did not loosen the knife, however, until Suki had safely left the room. Finally freed, Azula lit her hands, though the fire lady did not react to the action.

"That was not one of the orders," said the fire lady, coolly examining the knife.

Azula bared her teeth at Zuko's omega. How dare she order a superior alpha! Mai calmly glided out of the room, leaving her sister-in-law to her thoughts. Azula paced the space as she thought on Suki's words. It was true that she had not felt like herself, lately. Despite several omegas over the past year, clawing for her attention, their pheromones did not arouse her nor force her want to rut them on instinct. Something was wrong. She had thought it was just her shattered mind or perhaps her bond with Ty Lee, yet she was able to shift once when Suki last approached her.

Azula punched the air in frustration. She feared that once she found Ty Lee, she would be as ineffective as a beta. How could she possibly protect her omega if her instincts weren't intact? Fevered dreams of her rutting her omega into a pool of hot, sticky wetness plagued her each night, yet she had not awakened to a morning erection in the last few days they had been on the ship, heading to Yu Dao or Republic Town or whatever her brother and the avatar had named the place where the omega resided.

Willing her mind to think on something else, Azula snatched the papers from a desk next to the bed. She could care less about Zuko's demands to King Kuei. Though as the princess scanned the notes with a keen eye of a general, she was surprised to find a particular excerpt regarding the trade of narcotics to the Northern Water Tribe. Narrowing her eyes, the princess read the excerpt aloud for a better understanding:

As discussed in previous negations amongst our national council, the democracy of Republic City will be restricted from the trade of such counteragents that have devastated the Northern Water Tribe.

Hmm. Thought the alpha. She processed the excerpt as she poured a glass of Mai's whiskey, stirring it around before gulping it down. Such trade restrictions would create Agni's Hell in Ba Sing Se.

During her travels with the now disbanded Kemurikage, the group had made a small fortune in dealing with such narcotics in the walled city. The underground network had exposed Azula to many high positioned mobsters that plagued the criminal world. She had since lost contact with them after Ty Lee's sudden departure. Some of the men and women of the underground had further connections to some of the city's Council of Five. Many had profited immensely from the trade and would create dangerous opposition to any policies looking to dismantle their pockets.

This could create an all out war, Dum Dum. Azula thought on Zuko's terrible politics.

Her brother was never one for the political realm. Azula knew the Fire Nation's laws and politics like her mate's curves. Her father had demanded that she studied politics upon discovering that she was a rare female alpha when she entered the Fire Nation Academy for Girls. It was in her political science class, that she met Governor Ukano's daughter, Mai. The omega was equally politically savvy which led to a quick bond between them and the introduction of Mai's good friend, a loyal, acrobatic beauty that stole the heart the alpha didn't know she had from the moment they met and never gave it back.

Interesting. I wonder if he discussed this with Mai? He could certainly use her help. The alpha wondered.

Shaking her head, her mind drifted to her own problems. She had other issues to concern herself with instead of ZuZu's ignorant politics. If her noble brother wanted to fall head first into another war for the sake of goodness, who was she to stop him? Rising and walking to her bed, Azula removed her red trousers, shirt and bindings along with her topknot pendant. Once in a bedrobe, she slipped into the cool sheets, wishing her mate was shivering next to her. Memories of her omega singing to her lulled her to sleep.

#

Rising with the sun as usual, Azula was not surprised to find the top deck of the Fire Nation ship empty. Obviously Zuko's hand was not as firm as hers nor as selective when choosing a captain for the ship. Azula remembered a time when betas and lesser alphas would destroy each other in their race to the deck to line up before her arrival.

Those days are gone now. She reminded herself.

In honesty, after having a taste of the stressful nuances as fire lord, the princess felt slightly better about losing the title to her pitiful brother. She had realized that the throne was her father's destiny for her. The man had his own goals in mind when he bestowed it upon her. She had only been his Pai Sho piece; a means to an end in a game that she was not even a player in. Instead, she prepared herself for a wonderful life ahead with her mate and their pup.

She felt refreshed, though she still had not shifted despite Suki's lingering scent in her quarters. The thought pulled at the corners of her mind, yet she remained steadfast in her newfound optimism. She was going to find Ty Lee and Zaheer, if anything had happened to them, she would crush ZuZu's sweet omega and anyone else who had anything to do with her loss.

Azula cut her eye at several guards marching up the steps towards her direction. Her senses told her something was off as the ship had made landfall in Yu Dao and the guards were not only Fire Nation, but Earth Kingdom as well.

"Good morning, Azula. I trust you are rested".

Azula tried not to show her relief to see Mai's emergence from within the threatening looks that the guards were giving her.

"Of course, Fire Lady and on my best behavior".

Mai nodded slightly. Azula did not miss the swift hand-signal from the Yuyan Archer apprentice, however. With delayed movements, she sprang into a round off somersault as two earthbending guards shot stone handcuffs towards her in a similar fashion as the Dai Li of Ba Sing Se! Lighting her fingers, Azula moved to send a bolt at the fire lady, who obviously betrayed her again!

"Ahhh!" Came a piercing, guttural scream as lightning surged through her own body.

The earthbenders' second wave of handcuffs forced the lightning to redirect. She had electrocuted herself! Azula dropped to her knees as the pain surged through her chest in sharp, tense pulses. It wasn't enough to kill her, but definitely enough to cause unknown damage.

"Mai," groaned Azula, reaching for the fire lady pitifully.

The fire lady stepped near her with glowering and cold eyes. "You there," she directed to a firebending soldier. "Take her to the dinner quarters for the earth king".

Unable to move without sharp pains shooting through her body, Azula grunted as she was forced to her feet by two soldiers and led with painful steps behind her double-time traitorous, old friend to the dinner quarters of the ship.

"I should have known better than to trust you again," she managed to sneer at the fire lady's back.

Mai gave her a brutal side glare over her shoulder from beneath her lengthy bangs. "Trust is for fools, remember? Seems you have a knack for miscalculating nowadays".

The statement made the alpha growl in anger. "You and Zuko sure went through a lot of trouble with your ridiculous games just to hand my head over to the earth kingdom".

"Don't flatter yourself, Princess. Though you are a major player in this game, so maybe you should".

With that, the doors to the dinner quarters were opened. All of the soldiers, including the Kyoshi Warrior, Suki, were seated at four long tables. Above them sat the Earth King on the throne of the Fire Nation's ship! On both sides of Kuei were several members of the the Council of Five, most of which Azula recognized as high ranking mobsters in Ba Sing Se's lucrative underworld.

Despite their illegal dealings in the past, Azula was never one to make friends and the council along with the earth king were still piss pots about her earlier feats in the walled city. She knew her head would surely bake on their gold platter. As the party approached, Azula's eyes saw pink. She blinked twice to ensure that she was not dreaming.

TY LEE

As the guards sat the princess down before them, she knew for sure that this was not a dream. Her omega was sitting to the earth king's immediate right, dressed in beautiful robes, signifying high status in the earth kingdom. In her arms was girl child that looked about the same age as their pup when Azula last saw him.

Where's Zaheer? She wondered from where she sat on her knees before the audience, her back to the soldiers and Suki at the long tables.

"May we begin the negotiations?" Asked Mai, taking a seat in an empty chair at one of the reserved tables with the council of five's members.

Azula's eyes were fixated on the omega. Ty Lee held the child close to her chest and looked towards the floor. The alpha barely took note of a long-ponytailed man approaching to her left.

"It appears Lord Zuko delivered our mortal enemy as an act of providence".

Azula's eyes flickered to meet those belonging to the familiar voice. She swallowed angrily. Long Fei?

The beta had aged, yet he still looked every bit as ugly as she remembered. In spite of the air of hostility in the room, the princess snickered loudly at his presence, shaking in her earth restraints.

"You allow a former traitor to your own nation back into power?" She asked of Kuei. "You really are an idiot".

"Muzzle her," she heard Mai command.

The earthbenders scrambled to oblige before King Kuei held up his hand to stop them. "No, the princess has a right to speak during her sentencing," he announced, with far more coldness than his cheerful days as an oblivious ruler of a doomed kingdom.

Azula pursed her lips. "Sentencing? I've served my time in the bowls of a nuthouse in the fire nation, thanks to my gracious brother. I can't be tried again, Idiot," She bitterly pointed out.

Kuei shrugged, turning to Ty Lee, he stroked the cheek of the bald child in her arms for a moment, making Azula growl and writhe in her bonds.

"Your Highness, it seems the princess has been out of the political spotlight for a while," Long Fei continued. His walk matched his slow, articulate speech as he paced back and forth in front of Azula. "She may not quite understand that she has committed offenses that deem her a wanted woman in our lands. And the earth kingdom citizens deserve their due justice if we are to honor any demands of the fire nation".

Azula noted the quick glance from the ugly beta towards the fire lady. "Well, they can start by finding the real enemy. My brother wouldn't dare allow you peasants to persecute me for war crimes committed by the command of our father. I was a child and general directed by Fire Lord Ozai during the seige of Ba Sing Se". Though she exuded confidence, Azula felt her gut twisting, unsure if Zuko would come to aid and risk upsetting his new allies in the earth kingdom on behalf of his insane sister.

She could smell the betrayal as easily as her omega so beautiful, yet so far from her grasp.

"I'm sure the fire lord wouldn't want to anger the earth kingdom by denying us. Correct, Fire Lady?"

Azula shot angry eyes at Mai. The fire lady whispered to the man next to her before standing regally. "The fire lord has tasked me with speaking on his behalf," she started. "Princess Azula is a known war criminal-"

"YOU were there right along with me, BITCH!" Spat the alpha, unable to control her anger. She winced as she was reminded of self-inflicted injury as she spoke.

King Kuei had taken a backseat in the conversation, choosing instead to fawn over Ty Lee and the pup in her arms. Ty Lee giggled, sweetly and would not take her eyes off the child.

"Ty!" She gasped desperately.

Heads turned in her direction, including Ty Lee's. The omega bit her lip, averting her eyes quickly. Clearing her throat, Mai continued. "As I was saying. The princess deserves due punishment for her actions, though we ask for a sentence that takes into account her time served in the Fire Nation. She has served much of her time for crimes and as a minor during said events-"

"Minor? Must I remind the council and the king of this court that the princess has sire a pup?" Interrupted Long Fei. "Due to the war, we all...matured...more than average. The citizens have a right to see justice done despite her age at the given time".

King Kuei raised his hand to stop him and the fire lady took her seat. "I understand, Lady Mai and as your part in the war has been pardoned, you likewise are pardoned here," turning to Azula, he added. "You, however, have caused me many grievances".

The alpha hung her head, not at the the words, but her omega who refused to look at her.

"Might I offer a suggestion, Your Highness?" Asked Long Fei with a sly smirk. Kuei beckoned for him to continue. "The princess obviously shows little remorse for her actions. At the fire lady's request, I will offer a lighter sentence. I can insure that within a year's time that the princess will show a deeper remorse and respect for the damages she has cost our kingdom. I opt to take on Princess Azula as a member of my elite bending gladiators to compete in the bending arena".

A gasp swept the room, making Azula's head snap up. Her eyes met the horrified look in Ty Lee's before she squeezed them tightly shut. Before she could process the severity of what Long Fei had suggested, she felt a hard punch to her chin that rattled her brain and sent a wave of electric pulses to her body. She saw black as she fell to the stone floor of the ship.

#

Azula awakened to a muzzle on her mouth and her hands and legs bound tightly in chains. Her back was against a metal wall and she felt the motion of a carriage careening the dirt road. Her jaw burned and her mind immediately tried to put the pieces together.

Mai. Traitor. Ty Lee. Zaheer. girl-pup. Kuei. Long Fei. ZuZu.

"You almost fucked everything up for all of us," growled a hoarse voice.

Azula jerked her head up to see the fire lady, unbound sitting before her. "How dare you!"" She growled through her muzzle.

"Shut up, for once. You're not in control, here. Did you really think the earth kingdom would allow you of all people to walk in their lands freely again?" Azula panted. She knew Mai was right. "Exactly, I know you don't like our methods, but we are protecting you, Fool".

Azula raised an eyebrow. Was Mai being honest? "We?" She asked.

"Zuko, Suki and I. We're going with you to Long Fei's. Suki offered herself as a guard and I will be there to make sure you're settled in. Long Fei will not grant me much time to stay by your side. I am protecting you no matter what you think. It was only when you tried to kill my alpha that I had to bring you down a notch or two. But a Yuyan Archer never betrays, you know this. I have pledged allegiance to you with bloody hands, Azula. Why do you question my loyalty? Haven't I proven myself enough? Zuko was going to leave you under house arrest until you rotted, but I convinced him that you are strong piece in his and Kuei's game of thrones".

The princess was silent. Mai's mouth was moving, yet she could barely process the words. Her head was still swimming and Ty Lee's face seemed to blur her vision. "Where's my omega?" She asked.

Mai sighed, dramatically. "Can you keep your mind off your cock for once? Ty Lee's out of reach right now. But I assure it is for the best. She will be a stronger ally as the king's consort".

Azula reeled. Her chi surging with anger. A sharp pain surged through her chest, stilling her. Mai continued to discuss things, but her voice seemed synonymous with the chains rattling about the alpha as they road along the road in a slow pace.

Eventually, the carriage came to a stop and the rear door was opened. "Azula," called Suki, completely outfitted in her Kyoshi Warrior garb. "I'm going to release the restraints from your body, except for your muzzle. You will again be restrained by your wrists and ankles to be paraded before your lanista". She informed the alpha.

Instead of her usual snide remarks, Azula was silent, allowing herself to be released and rebound. She could feel Mai's lingering presence at her rear though neither woman spoke further. Suki led Azula towards an open yard of golden, brown sand. The alpha's mind took in the surroundings. There were six other badly kept prisoners standing in a row and facing another group of all male, half-naked prisoners. One particular man whistled in her direction.

"Surely Dominus wouldn't allow such a beauty marred in the bending arena?" He cooed. "You'd look better bending over for my cock, Woman!" With that he and several others howled.

Outraged that the man mistook her for an omega slut, Azula growled before feeling Suki's soft hand caress her shoulder, gently. "Not now, Princess," she whispered, beckoning for her to join the row.

Staring ahead, she waited as Suki released her wrists and ankles. The omega finally reached her muzzle and lingered for a moment. "You will get through this". Licking her lips as she allowed a hand graze Azula's cheekbone, she added. "I'm here for you".

Azula felt her anger waning at the sincere movement and speech before spotting Mai, who had found a place above them on a balcony, chumming it up with Long Fei as if they were best pales. Hmph! Protection, huh, Mai?

She felt a spark in her fingers before a whip gripped her wrist, sending familiar shock waves of pain surging through her body once again. Hissing, she stood her ground, removing her eyes from Long Fei and Mai to attacker. A gorgeous woman gave her a grimace, pulling the whip back and fastening it to her waist. She brushed her hair behind her ears as she glared at the prisoners before her.

Looking about, she realized that she was the lone woman in the group of men, dressed in a tattered brown tunic and matching pants.

"At sundown, you will ALL be dead," announced the woman before them with little emotion. "Should you survive," Pause. "Well, we will discuss the rest then".

Before Azula could speak, she was shuffled into another carriage along with the other six men, who had stood next to her. The guards had not bothered to restrain them again, yet everything moved at great haste.

"Where are we going?" She questioned an ancient looking man next to her.

The man turned glumly to her. "To Agni's Hell," he said with a wicked smile.

#

Agni's Hell involved roars of laughter and cheering from a crowd of hundreds of earth kingdom peasants. Azula looked ahead, through barred doors to see what the commotion was about. A heavily armored man stood over the elder, ominous one she had spoken with on their way to the place. The crowd began a slow chant that increased steadily, making Azula pale.

"KILL! KILL! KILL!"

The spectators were everywhere, high above the brown-watery arena with a single, circular platform. Eel-crocodiles swarmed around the platform, awaiting patiently for their next meal. The beasts did not need to wait long as Azula's eyes widened at the sight of two stones appearing at the armored man's whim. The elderly firebender fell to his knees, battered, bloodied and defeated. His eyes were fixated on Azula's golden irises as the boulders collided with his skull. With a quick movement, the sandy ground disposed of the body of the man to vanish in the jowls of the fighting eel-crocodiles below.

The crowd roared at the outcome as the armored man pranced around the arena in victory.

"Come along, Princess," called a guard.

For the first time since losing her omega, the princess was stricken by fear. Backing away quickly until her back was on a solid wall, Azula took a shaky fighting stance. "This is madness! I won't go with you, earth peasants!" She spewed.

The stone shifted around and opened with a wave of the guard's hand and Azula turned to see the platform of death ahead of her. Panting, she attempted to regain her composure, taking more confident strides towards the center despite the "boos" from the crowd. She looked above at the setting sun from the half-domed shaped arena and glared at the blurred faces of the crowd.

Well, a glorious death they will witness. She thought to herself.

Long Fei's voice filled the arena, silencing the bloodthirsty earthgrubbers.

"Before you, Ladies and Gentlemen, stands the woman who has caused our nation and our king many grievances. This woman was sent as a sacrifice on behalf Fire Lord Zuko and her nation. A sign of peace and the end of meaningless bloodshed".

Hmph! Contradictions galore! Azula thought as he continued.

"She shall fall at the hands of one of the finest gladiators offered by our youngest lanista, Jet of the Freedom Fighters, whom we give great thanks-"

Azula heard little of his next words as her eyes fell on Ty Lee beside the earth king with the pup that was NOT Zaheer cradled in her arms.

How could you Ty? She wondered, closing her eyes to shut out the sight. Breathing through her nostrils, the princess thought on her impending demise. Without her omega, she felt her life held little meaning anymore. She was and always will be a piece in someone's game whether it was her father or her brother's. Thinking on the many who had suffered and died from her hands, the alpha knew better than anyone that every action had a consequence. She could not run from her consequences anymore. She would suffer.

And suffering will be your teacher.

#

Mai's jaw clenched. What is she doing? She thought, watching as three gladiators approached the princess from behind. Is she trying to die?

Azula's eyes were closed, her stance still.

"Well," commented Long Fei seated next to her in the luxury box where members of the earth kingdom's elite sat to watch the horrific bending games from high above the crowded arena. His hand caressed the inner thigh of a woman, no older than 16, sitting next to him with a stoic look on her face. "Looks like you can start counting your coins, Fire Lady. The princess wishes for death. I, at least, expected some fight left in this so-called alpha".

Mai's expression remained focused. Azula could not lose. Maybe we pushed her too far. She thought.

The fire lady did not want to subject her ex-friend to such a punishment, yet the earth king had grown cold and had his eyes set on Ty Lee's flesh from the moment she was presented to him. She and Zuko knew that the princess would not willingly submit herself as a political bargain without strong urging. Ty Lee had been necessary collateral damage to give the alpha a little nudge.

As the earthbenders summoned several stones towards the princess's head, Mai glanced towards Azula's omega seated by the earth king not far from where she sat on the other side of Long Fei. Ty Lee's eyes seemed transfixed on the arena as she held her pup close. Mai knew that there was no point in discussing matters with the king's consort at this time. Mai looked to the babe. She had not before noticed the girl pup's small patch of black hair at the top of her head nor its golden gaze until now. Her breath caught, she had been sure that the pup had belonged to Kuei. Yet, dread filled her as she realized the baby was at least a year old. The timeline would set her conception around the last time Azula had last seen her omega.

Agni! Thought an alarmed Mai, turning her attention back to the arena. A shift had happened, silencing the audience. Azula was now facing off against a lone, shaking gladiator. The other two were charred and beheaded respectively. Azula's eyes were wilder than she had ever witnessed from the alpha. Her sable hair flowed in the wind as she danced around the arena with short bursts of blue flames entrancing the spectators.

That's my girl. Thought Mai with a smirk.

"You were saying?" She taunted Long Fei.

The man grunted in response. Unexpectedly, the crowd cheered on the woman facing off against the man on the platform. With panicked movement, the lone gladiator summoned the sand below to move as soon as the firebender landed from her short burst of flight, causing her to stumble. With a stone, the wind was knocked out of her chest, forcing Azula to the edge of the platform where the eel-crocodiles snapped their jowls in anticipation. She could have sworn she heard Ty Lee gasp as Mai stood on her feet, grasping the railing along with Long Fei.

Azula's arm went to her stomach, but Mai caught it! The alpha's other hand made a familiar movement in tandem with the one attached to the arm against her. The gladiator summoned two stones to end the battle when suddenly four fingers flicked simultaneously, lighting up the arena in a flash of white, crackling emissions. Further silence ensued as the alpha stepped shakily towards the middle of the arena, blood and sinew about her face and limbs. Rearing her head back with a toss of her ebony tresses over her shoulders, Azula roared towards the heavens. Within seconds, the crowd roared along with her chanting to everyone in the luxury room's surprise.

"CONQUEROR! CONQUEROR! CONQUEROR!"

Mai sunk back into her seat, willing her pounding heart to slow down. She did it!

As the woman was led from the arena, her eyes locked with the king in bold defiance. It was not until she had disappeared that the king spoke.

"What is this, Long Fei?" He growled. "She was supposed to die!"

Mai could not believe Kuei's disdain. The ignorant, caring, oblivious ruler was long gone, replaced by a man filled with misplaced hatred.

Well, hate is just another form of caring. She thought.

"Looks like we will need to deal with this princess in a different way," spoke Long Fei. "Believe me, she will be taken care of in due time. But for now, I will make sure the alpha is broken beyond repair".

Mai's eyebrow raised at the comment, coolly as not to give away her concern. "We have upheld our end of the bargain, Your Highness. Azula was brought here for execution. She slipped her fate. The will of the people will not want to see her killed".

Kuei seethed in his chair. "She caused me MANY grievances, Fire Lady! I was embarrassed to return to my place on the throne!"

"Grievances that should not go unpunished," Ty Lee's voice suddenly broke in. "Keeping her in captivity will surely break her as Long Fei said".

Mai was stricken with horror. Ty Lee was denying Azula's freedom?

"My consort is correct. Besides, I will be leaving for the Southern Water Tribe to discuss negotiations. I want to witness this broken princess, immediately upon my return. Until then, my consort will report to me of the progress".

Long Fei nodded. "Of course, Your Highness".