A RETURN TO KINGDOMS, BOOK 1 Word Count:147,621 For nearly two hundred years, the seventeen territories of the world have lived in peace, each swearing never to repeat the horrors of the largest war there ever was. But when Lady Nara of house Ashhand rises to power in Kroba, everything changes. Everything. --- DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a young adult novel. This book contains almost every major trigger. *This is the( mostly) unedited first draft of the first book in a 9 book high fantasy series, so you will absolutely run into errors along the way. AMAZON VERSION AVAILABLE NOW

Some girls run from their demons. Frankie trains with hers. In a world where purity is weaponized and allegiance is everything, Frankie Oliveira returns to the one place she swore never to set foot in again-Fleur Panache. Branded a fallen purist with a broken demize clock and a past buried in flames, she must now survive brutal retraining, political land wars, and the spiritual elite's suspicions. But as the boundary between the living and the possessed begins to blur, so does the line between truth and manipulation. Allies are scarce. Her enemies know her better than she knows herself. And then there's Xanthe Linea Morais, part heir, part executioner, whose interest in her may be a game of power... or something far more dangerous. Haunted by her choices and hunted from both sides, Frankie faces an impossible question: Can the girl who was born to uphold the sacred survive becoming the symbol of its unraveling? One wrong move, and purity won't just be lost, it'll be redefined.