Xiao, a Taoist sorcerer, has built up a large debt from the trouble that follows him throughout his travels across the world. To pay it off, he’s set up shop in a small town, selling talismans and magical charms. Adrian is a werewolf who hasn’t been home in 2 years. In the time he’d been gone, someone had taken residence in the old abandoned coffee-shop near the library and turned it into an apothecary. The two meet one summer, and the rest is history. ON SEMIHIATUS