"The golden marks on your naked body absolutely divine." When an assassination attempt leaves Mel shaken but alive, she is assigned a new bodyguard named Sevika--a tall, intimidating woman with sharp grey eyes always looking intensely. Mel hates the presence of this stoic and silent protector, who follows her every move with an intensity that borders on suffocating. But as days turn into weeks, and Mel's life becomes increasingly more complicated, the walls she's built around herself start to crack under Sevika's gentle touch. Mel must choose between continuing her mother's brutal path or forging her own, while entering deep territory of forbidden love.

"I love the way you squirm with just a little touch of my hand, Buttercup." Months after the devastating war that shook Piltover, Mel Medarda returns from her duties with the House of Medarda, stepping into Piltover teetering on the edge of transformation. But it's not just Piltover's new look that stirs Mel's attention-it's the alluring presence of the 6'0" Zaunite with smoldering, predatory eyes that meet hers across the Piltover council hall. Sevika. While her stay in Piltover is supposed to be short, he finds herself drawn back to her days as a council member, tasked with bridging the fractured worlds of the Uppercity and Undercity, all the while, the magnetic pull between her and Sevika grows stronger, threatening to unravel the delicate new lustful desires within.