Disguised and hunted.
That's the life of an Elemental summed up in three words. Each and every day, they fear being caught. They fear that their abilities will be discovered, only resulting in them being locked away for a lifetime. Humans are afraid. They are scared that those with more power than they possess, so it is only a given that they would try to suppress it. There was no thought put into the possibility that Elementals could be good, could be helpful. The only thing to do was to capture, eradicating the threat as much as possible, a threat that only seems to grow the more this process continues.
Meet Alexandria Rein, a water Elemental who lives a normal life. She's a preschool teacher, a best friend, a girlfriend. Normal in every way, save for the fact that she can control water as she pleases. Having her closest confidant, the girl she's known since diaper days, be a fire Elemental is a small comfort, because at least if they're in it, they're in it together. Yet, they must hide what they can truly do for the sake of their freedom.
Enter Chase Gold, Alexandria's roommate, who is unaware of what makes her different. He's perfect, a person she could no doubt fall in love with. Still, she is unable to tell the truth, unable to show all of herself. As her feelings for him grow deeper, and their romantic journey progresses, she is caught in the middle. Despite the fact that she thinks he could accept her, there's still that nagging, a voice in her head telling her not to say anything.
Follow the two as they continue on with their lives, and as their classic, cheesy, and no doubt cliche love story advances. It is no surprise that their friendship turns to something more, no surprise that they could possibly spend their lives together. That is, until something goes wrong.
Terribly, horribly wrong.
Two hundred years of peace have passed in Zertima, a land filled with magic, creatures, and mages. However, after those two hundred years comes an era of fear, fighting, and death. The Venom's Curse, known as the world's greatest danger, has climbed up to reach a level of great power, with the help of his fierce hunger for battle and commanding, that is strong enough to possibly secure his rule of the entire mage world.
In order to save Zertima from potential collapse and eternal perishing, four young mages are found, called the Elemental Mages. The Mages - Water, Earth, Fire, and Air - are taken to a sheltered location named the Mage Sanctuary to train together and prepare for their eventual battle with the Venom's Curse and to rid of the trepidation he has cast across all of Zertima. However, not all of the Mages are willing to commit their life to train with the others and help save the mage world.
Ignacia, the Elemental Mage of Fire, is the newest and last mage to be Founded and come to the others. Along with easily getting into arguments with Water Mage Salil, she is in an internal battle with herself trying to decide what choice she should really choose to carry through with.
*Book originally inspired by "The Burning Sky" by Sherry Thomas. Thank you; I never thought that I would ever make anything out of this unplanned story :)*