JCCaston
In a world where healing is power, she was born without it.
Elena Whitmore never asked to become a Somacian-one of the elite healers forged through blood, training, and the sacred Gauntlet. Unlike her peers, she carries no minor magic, no whisper of the gifts granted by the goddess Seravelle. All she has are her hands, her will, and the quiet promise she made to her brother: to endure.
When she meets Finnic Draelan, a first-year Somacian with fire in his eyes and scars of his own, their bond in the Gauntlet is immediate-and unbreakable. But love in the Academy is as dangerous as it is rare, and their loyalty to one another is tested when the Blightlands rise in chaos. A hospital siege and a desperate escape through unstable portals leave Elena scarred by loss, fleeing into the realm of Hellifyno while the war she never chose threatens to consume everything she loves.
Now hunted by powers greater than any blade, Elena must decide what it means to fight without magic in a world ruled by it. Because survival is no longer enough-she must find a way to heal a broken realm before it destroys her too.
A story of resilience, forbidden love, and a war written in blood and betrayal-perfect for readers who crave fierce heroines, haunting worlds, and slow-burn bonds forged in fire.