Reborn

DISCLAIMER This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, places, or real people are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. This work of art has no historical value. Warning: This work of fiction contains explicit scenes of s*x, as well as torture and physical violence. Rating 18+ COPYRIGHT Text © copyright: Olena Ikovleva, 2025 © Copyright illustrations, including book cover: Olena Ikovleva, 2025 © Illustration “The Tree of Life” from the cover: Cleven Arts via Pixabay Graphic illustration “Tree of Life” (page header): Olena Ikovleva, 2022 © Cover: Olena Ikovleva, 2025 © Editor: Olena Ikovleva All rights, including the right to full or partial propagation in any form-–protected. For information on special discounts and distribution of the work, please contact: ikovlevaart@gmail.com INTRODACTION  Before the dawn of men, when magic was the breath of the world and every creature bowed to the will of the gods, there existed a power unlike any other—the Power of Life. It flowed through the rivers and the stars, through every heartbeat and whisper of wind. It was creation itself, and its keeper was the Goddess of Life. But even gods can bleed. Choosing mortal destiny, the goddess perished only to come back and finish the sacred circle. Centuries passed. Kingdoms rose and crumbled. The bloodlines of guardians were born to protect her, bound by oaths older than time. Yet darkness, patient and clever, waited for its moment to strike again. Now, in the Kingdom of Ten Lakes, the cycle begins anew. A forgotten princess bears the mark of the goddess. A witch sits upon the throne. The realms tremble as old powers awaken. And the one destined to save the world does not yet know who she truly is.