The Stormborn Guardian

It started with the earth splitting open. Then the sea came for us. And when the flood rose high enough to touch the powerlines, the sky struck back. I died in that storm—saving a child as the world drowned around us. And in the silence that followed, something found me. A voice. A presence. A god. When I opened my eyes again, I wasn’t Riley anymore. I was Velira Ashbane—daughter of a legendary Guardian line, born into a world ruled by gods and monsters. I should have lived an ordinary noble life. Instead, the gods gave me a power that shouldn’t exist. My element isn’t fire, earth, water, or wind. It’s something new. Untamed. The storm itself. They call it a blessing. It feels more like a warning. When monsters raze my home, lightning answers my scream. My mark burns with the sigil of Seris, the silent god of souls, binding me to a path that straddles life and death. The more I wield this power, the more I feel something vast and ancient watching from beyond the veil. Now I walk between gods and monsters, hunted by kings and haunted by the legacy of a father I never knew—Marcus Ashbane, the hero who defied them all. To survive, I’ll have to become what the world fears most: A storm that doesn’t ask permission to strike. [Reincarnation • Romance • Obsession • Elemental Magic • Found Family • Dark Fantasy]