Pakora has been summoned home for the Winter Harvest Festival, and must make the long journey down the mountain to join her family for the celebrations. Her parents will be awaiting elegant offerings of spices, silks, gold, and copper to honor them. As a temple guard, Pakora has none of these expected riches, and with her only company the acolytes of the Stone Garden Temple, she also has no bride for the winter wedding ceremony. Perhaps only the Matriarch Goddess can help her now…