Y/n works as a barista in Lake Ashton along with her best friend Ophelia. Y/n's life feels normal for once, after years of grief in the past. But one night she is attacked by a bloodthirsty creature, and saved by another. When the man that saved her looks at her, it's almost with recognition, but the man is a stranger to Y/n. Y/n learns that the creature that attacked her, and the one who saved her are vampires, and there's so much more to the shadows then she thought.
Y/n is a prominent mage, even at her age. She graduated top of her class from the academy and now runs an apothecary shop where she sells potions and spells. Until she is summoned by the King and sent on a mission to fix a deteriorating seal that protects their realm from the lowerworld, a place where monsters spawn. Y/n is sent off with a bodyguard to reseal the barrier. The two slowly bond over their travels, making his protection of her go from one where it's his duty, to one where its out of love.
A group of six very different individuals are sent on a mission north to investigate strange happenings. What begins as a monster hunting expedition turns into a mystery involving an ancient civilization, a forgotten magical passage, and a phenomenon that has happened a long time ago. Over the course of this journey they slowly become a found family.
It's social season in London, 1813, and Y/n is entering her second season on the marriage mart. This year will be her year, and she'll find someone to marry. Only, after the first ball, someone is found dead, and Y/n finds herself in the middle of the investigation, helping Lord James Beaumont with discovering who could have committed thr murder.
