Noivo finally returns to Rio, carrying the burden of seventeen years in exile. He seeks out Veneno, but their reunion is far from peaceful. Veneno sees betrayal in Noivo’s disappearance, while Noivo insists their silence was survival. Tension boils over as old wounds resurface. Meanwhile, whispers spread of a mysterious young woman, Ventania, Mestre Vendaval’s daughter, whose fate could reunite—or forever divide—the brothers of the roda.