The Ink Vein Pact

Sold to the imperial palace for a single silver coin, Mei Lin was meant to be another silent servant. But when she detects a deadly poison in the Empress’s tea just by its scent. she’s forced into a new role: the court’s unofficial poison tester and healer.



But Mei Lin isn’t who she says she is. Beneath her calm eyes hides a haunted past, fragmented memories of a life she never lived, and an alchemical mark burned into her skin one that reacts to secrets and blood. In a palace full of veiled smiles and sharper daggers, she must use her medical brilliance, street smarts, and strange magic to survive.



She uncovers hidden diseases, solves mysterious deaths, and navigates a web of deadly court intrigue while secretly searching for the truth about her stolen memories and the imperial experiment she may have been part of.



And watching her always is Prince Zhen, the cold, brilliant, and untouchable fourth prince, who may be her greatest threat or the only one who can help her remember who she really is.



A palace of secrets. A girl with a hidden past. And a voice that could shake an empire.