Cast into provincial exile as an ominous child, Seraphina mastered forbidden acupuncture arts and earned renown as the legendary Blood Needle Saint before swearing off her lethal techniques. Honoring her late grandfather's final request, she journeys home only to be betrothed against her will to Orion, a disabled clan champion shunned by nocturnal aristocrats.
Surrounded by court assassins and long-standing generational rivalries, Seraphina and her new partner forge an unexpected bond rooted in shared perseverance. When a prehistoric nocturnal blight reawakens throughout the metropolis, Seraphina takes up her silver implements once more, unleashing supreme medicinal prowess to protect her spouse from destruction.
