The Day the Ocean Burned

Lyra should be dead. An unexplained power burns inside her — vast, wild, and growing. It has already shattered her conduits. In three days, it will kill her. The only cure is hidden deep in a haunted range that swallows travelers whole. That is the easy part. The cure only buys time. To survive what comes next, she has to learn to wield the power herself  — inside Greymoor, a border fortress rotting from within: soldiers succumbing to a curse that strips their minds, murders no one can explain,a traitor feeding the city's secrets to the enemy, and a Tusker horde beyond the walls with war drums, siege towers, and armored mammoths. And the power was never hers. Something ancient sleeps in her Core. It wakes when her blood spills, and it burns armies to ash. It is the only thing strong enough to protect the people she loves — and every time she calls on it, it takes something from her that she may not get back. Sooner or later, she will have to choose: the power, or herself. What to expect: A wuxia-inspired internal-power system — Current, conduits, and nodes; from first meditation to battlefield control Weak-to-strong female lead Siege warfare and layered conspiracy: every strange event in Greymoor connects, and the enemy inside the walls is worse than the one outside A central romance with consequences for loyalty, power, and war   A note on language: English isn't my first language. I write each chapter in my native language first, use AI tools to assist with translation, then review and edit every line myself. If anything reads wrong or awkward, please tell me. I'm always trying to improve.