An Archmage in the City

Alan White, a reclusive archmage cultivating in the Misty Mountains, is one step from breaking through to Grand Magus. Following his late master Merlin's dying wish, he descends in secret to honor his marriage pact with Sophie Black, heir of the Black family. In Los Angeles, he saves Sophie from an Anderson family ambush; after a night of entanglement, she leaves him money and vanishes. The next day Alan arrives at her door with the pact, and both identities come to light. To fend off Arthur Anderson's forced proposal, Sophie enters a contract marriage with Alan, who hides as her private driver — enduring scorn by day, silently deflecting Arthur's assassins and corporate attacks with magic by night. As Anderson's hostile takeover escalates, Sophie glimpses his extraordinary power, and the contract blooms into love. In the end, Alan reveals his true form as archmage and head of the White family, crushes the Anderson conspiracy, and shields both the Black Group and his beloved — stunning all of LA's high society.