For centuries the Mamoru order has had but one purpose - the protection of the Motsu-un. At the end of every generation, the time comes for a new child to be divined.

Her succession promised to be like every other. Without thought, her feet traced a well-worn path that had always led to the Motsu-un’s destiny. Only this time, her protector couldn’t unlock her purpose for he had been forced off the path of their fate.

Nine years later, it falls upon the Kash’ koi of the order and his apprentice to uncover where destiny has led their Motsu-un. Something else is hunting for her too.

Suddenly, a forgotten outcast reemerges on the path of the Motsu-un...