It’s the mid-1800’s, and Ella wound up in Hong Kong against her wishes. Her husband ripped her from Britain’s cold dreariness and dropped them in the humid mystery of the British colony , where he endeavors to run a corrupt, seedy opium den. Life passed by in meaningless bouts of drugging and loneliness, until she met Ceraphine- an elegant, alien beauty that seemed to be untouched by the heat and discomfort of the world. Her pale skin and crimson eyes hint at something Ella had only heard of in urban legends. Now, one night, they share a moment of truth that begins to change everything,