mel runs away from home and is taken in by leblanc and trained by the black rose to the best "shapeshifter" assassin of all time. mel is good with blades but prefer weapons. the black rose sends her across runeterra to assassinate several notable people, including heimerdinger. but when this does against her families interests, what will mel do?

set in modern noxus/piltover

news report: "general medarda's son, kino medarda who is a popular leftist politian running against jericho swain, was found dead today. Sources say he was vacationing outside of the coastal city of basilich. some are saying it is due to overdose, and kino was open about his struggle with drug abuse. others rule it as suicide"

the black rose sends on of the other agents to kill her brother when she refuses to kill someone. mel's secret husband, jayce is a well meaning detective investigating heimerdinger's death. and against all odds, mel keeps her work and live separate, and she tries to stay out of the spotlight

she isn't honest with jayce but jayce makes her want to be a good woman and punish those who are evil