Rainie Bai knows what she is—a descendant of Bai Su Zhen, the Legend of the White Snake—but she's never lived it. Her family fled the supernatural world three generations ago, leaving her with the bloodline but none of the customs. When her powers manifest dangerously, she's sent to Tianyuan Academy, a hidden university for supernatural descendants tucked inside Manhattan's Chinatown.

Her cousin Angie was supposed to meet her. Show her the ropes. Help her survive a world that already judges her for the stigma she carries.

Angie never shows up.

No one takes the outsider seriously—least of all Aster Rong, a fox spirit heir whose bloodline has clashed with hers for centuries. He runs his family's elite matchmaking empire, knows every power player in their hidden world, and has his own reasons for keeping Rainie Bai at arm's length.

But as more students vanish, even Aster can't ignore the pattern. Forced into an uneasy partnership, they uncover something that shouldn't be possible: someone has found a way into this hidden world.

And they're not just watching.