The Rust Beneath The Gold

In the shadows of Zaun, Ellie survives. Haunted by the trauma of her childhood and the chronic pain that gnaws at her from the inside out, she lives tucked away in a rusted container home among fumes and fog, where nobody asks questions. But when enforcers drag her from the depths of Zaun to the sterile brilliance of Piltover, she's forced into a world she despises-and one that despises her right back.

But even in chains, Ellie isn't broken. Not yet. Secrets simmer beneath her skin, visions creep into her mind, and something old, something powerful begins to wake inside her. As the lines between memory and madness blur, she finds herself falling-for a man she was never meant to meet, in a city that was never meant to keep her. And when the truth comes out, Piltover will burn for what it tried to forget.