Fire & Water: A Love That Shouldn't Exist

The first time Ember saw Kael, she knew he was trouble.

Fire and Water did not mix. It was the first lesson she had learned as a child in Pyros, the city of flames. Water doused fire, and fire evaporated water-it was the law of nature. But when she locked eyes with him across the Elemental Summit, something deep within her cracked, like embers meeting a cold breeze.

Kael, the Water Elementalist from the ocean city of Vaylan, was everything she wasn't-calm, composed, flowing like a river. He wore his element like a second skin, his deep-blue robes shimmering with moisture, his fingers tracing idle patterns in the air that sent ripples of water floating around him. Ember, in contrast, burned with barely-contained energy, her crimson tunic flickering with heat, her hands always curled into fists to keep the fire at bay.

For the first time in her life, Fire did not burn.

For the first time in his life, Water did not yield.

But love between opposites was never easy.