Veiled Paths

Book 1 of The Worlds BeyondA LitRPG Portal Fantasy Adventure Level 1. Five spells. A sabre, a skill book, and a system that tracks everything except how to stay alive. Leaving the party early because her ex showed up with his new girl, Clara wasn't planning on being part of a fae ritual, but waking up in a magical forest has a way of narrowing your options. Now she is a Sorceress with no training and no teacher.  She learns by doing and finds creative ways to use her magic. A wind spell becomes an emergency dodge. Two spells fuse mid-combat to become something entirely new. A darkness affinity becomes a way to sense predators through shadow. Skill books show her the technique, but her muscles need time to catch up. Leveling is painful, and comes with real choices: every point spent is a path not taken. The system does not hand her power. She pries it loose. That matters, because Clara is not leveling in a safe training zone. She is fighting her way through a lethal wilderness toward civilization, and when she finally finds other people, survival stops being her only problem.