The Betrayed Saintess
This book addresses sensitive topics such as suicide, mental disorders and many others. The discretion and discernment of the reader are desired.
Selen Ravenhurt was born to rule. Heir to one of the Empire’s founding families, promised to the Crown Prince since childhood, she had never doubted her destiny: to become Empress. She never believed in fairy tales or love—only in power.
But on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, everything changes.
Before the eyes of the entire court, a blinding light consumes her. She becomes the Saintess—the one the kingdom has awaited for centuries.
Worshipped, confined between the palace and the temple, Selen becomes a symbol. Yet very quickly, something begins to feel wrong. Her power is immense… but the world does not change the way it should. The promised miracles never really come. And behind the gazes of the High Priest, the Prince, and even her own family, something feels off.
Then comes the night when the truth is revealed.
Drugged, chained, stripped of her magic, Selen realizes she is not a blessing… but a resource. Her power is exploited, her body broken, her identity erased. While she is reduced to nothing more than a tool, another wears her face and plays the perfect Saint before the world.
Betrayed by everyone—even her own blood—she owes her escape only to Arie, the sister she had always rejected. Guided by fragmented visions of the future, Arie chooses to save her… even if it costs her life.
Cornered, unable to fight those who control her, Selen understands she was never truly in control of her fate.
So she makes the only choice left to her.
She takes her own life.
But death is not the end.
In a place beyond time, she meets Layla—the true first Saint, whose story was rewritten. Through her memories, Selen discovers the truth: the Empire was built on betrayal. Saints are not blessings, but fragments of a shattered soul, condemned to be used over and over again.
And at last, she understands why she was sacrificed.
She was never chosen.
She simply happened to be the next one.
Layla offers her a second chance: to return one year before her death.
On one condition.
Destroy the Empire.
Kill every descendant of Artheris and Belladore.
And bring an end to a system built on centuries of lies, blood, and manipulation.
This time, Selen will not be the victim of the story.
She will be the one who ends it.