Arin’s final memory was of falling—the blur of headlights on a bridge, the world fading into snow. He awoke as Soren, in a realm where affinity defines fate. Born of fire yet longing for frost, he should have been chained to flame. But Soren refuses to conform, nor break under what he lacks. Instead, he pushes himself across every element, guided by fragments of his past life and a will to innovate. After his flames accidentally save Konira Sakitsune, a childhood friend, his affinity is thrust into the open. Pressured by all to embrace the fire path, Soren carves his own instead—reshaping magic through struggle, discovery, and defiance. In a world marked by power and expectation, he must transcend the rules of affinity itself… before fire or frost can decide his future.