I was born into a family of powerful magicians. Tomorrow I’m to go train at the Academy of Five Elements. Fire, water, earth, and air mages have studied here for ages, honing their craft. After all, elemental mages are needed to protect ordinary people from beasts—deadly creatures that come into our world from somewhere unknown. Only I have no Gift. I’m a void—an embarrassment to my bloodline. There’s nothing for me to do at the Academy, but—unfortunately—admission there is a tradition I can’t change. Six years of humiliation await me. All that’s left is to take your will in hand and look your offenders straight in the eye boldly. And what is the Fifth Element, you ask? I don’t know. Nobody knows.