Cecily is so genuinely incompetent that watching her swing a sword feels like watching someone learn to walk, then Luke hands her a blade that does the work for her, and she charges forward anyway, powered by pure conviction rather than skill. The chemistry between them isn't romance; it's the quiet trust of someone who knows exactly what they can't do, paired with someone who knows exactly how to fix it. Luke's forged blades are magic, but Cecily's actual superpower is that she doesn't care if she's outmatched, she just needs the right tool and the right person watching her back.

Cecily Cambell is a young, inexperienced knight who wants to protect the people of her city, but her skill falls short of her ideals. When her inherited family sword shatters during a fight in the market, a stranger with an unusual blade steps in to save her. He turns out to be Luke Ainsworth, a blacksmith who uses magic to forge weapons of extraordinary strength and may be the only one able to mend her heirloom. Decades after a war ended with demon contracts forbidden, a hooded figure is releasing demons across the land, and he may be nearer to Cecily than she suspects.