Kingdoms Reign
Eliza spent twenty-two years believing she was ordinary—until the king appears with an impossible truth: she is his long-lost daughter, the missing princess, and heir to a kingdom she barely remembers.
Returning home should answer the questions surrounding her past. Instead, Eliza is given sixty days to make a choice that could shape the future of the crown: choose a husband from three men already tangled in the royal succession.
There’s Drew, the quiet man who makes her forget about crowns entirely. Jacob, the intelligent and steady choice who may be better suited to rule than anyone expects. And Jay—charming, unpredictable, and dangerously good at making Eliza question where trust ends and manipulation begins.
But choosing her heart soon becomes the least dangerous part of coming home.
Missing supplies, poisoned meals, hidden records, an old conspiracy, and fragments of Eliza’s forgotten childhood begin revealing a terrifying possibility: she wasn’t simply lost.
Someone erased her.
And the same people who tried to end her mother’s bloodline may still be hiding inside the kingdom.
Now Eliza must uncover who stole her past while deciding who deserves a place in her future.
Because she may have returned as a princess—
but she intends to survive long enough to become queen.
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Chapter: Someone ShouldThe clinic smelled like herbs, soap and something vaguely metallic. A tired-looking man stood behind a counter. He recognized Jacob. That surprised me.“Lord Jacob.”Jacob nodded. “Thomas.”“You’ve come a long way from the capital,” Thomas said as he walked toward us. “We’re reviewing the southern supply routes,” Jacob said, as if he had to verify why we were there.Thomas laughed. There was no humor in it. “About time.”I glanced at Thomas, then at Jacob. What did that mean? Were the supplies being sent not arriving on time?I studied Jacob’s face, noticing that he had simply absorbed what Thomas had said without reacting. “How long since your last complete delivery?”I glanced between the men once more, trying to see if either of them would react to what Thomas was saying.“Twenty-six days.”Drew frowned. “Records show nine.”Thomas stared at him. “Then your records are wrong.”Jay walked toward the shelves. Most were nearly empty.“What arrived nine days ago?” Jay asked.“Bandages
Last Updated: 2026-10-09
Chapter: The Reports Say OtherwiseThe farther we traveled from the capital, the more the kingdom changed. The roads narrowed first. Then the buildings.The enormous houses disappeared. Stone walls gave way to wooden fences. Perfectly maintained fields became uneven stretches of farmland.Nothing looked terrible. That was almost worse. Because from the mansion, everything I’d heard about supply problems had sounded abstract. Numbers. Reports. Delayed funding.Words people could discuss around a polished table. Out here, those words had houses attached to them. People. A roof covered with patches.A fence leaning so badly someone had tied it upright. A woman carrying two buckets of water from a well. Children running beside a field in clothes that had clearly belonged to other children first.I looked at Jacob. He was staring out the window too.“You knew?” I asked.His eyes moved toward me. “Some.”“How bad?”“Depends where we go.”“That isn’t an answer.”“No.” He looked back outside. “The reports don’t always match re
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Chapter: I Won’t LieI found Drew the next morning exactly where I expected him. Coffee in one hand. Laptop open. Hair still slightly messy.Completely unaware that I had spent an embarrassing amount of time deciding how to apologize to him.He glanced up as I stepped into his room. “Morning.”“Morning.”His eyes stayed on me. I stayed near the doorway. This was stupid. I had confronted the king at dinner. I had challenged an entire succession tradition within my first week of discovering I was royalty. I could apologize to one man. Probably.“Can we talk?”Drew closed his laptop immediately. “Of course.”That somehow made it harder. I walked inside. He waited.“I talked to my father.”Drew’s expression changed slightly. “Okay.”“About you.”“Less okay.”I smiled despite myself. “He told me he asked Jacob and Jay about me too.”Understanding crossed his face. “Ah.”“Yeah.”“And he told you I refused to answer the other question?”“He did.”Drew nodded.I shoved my hands into my pockets. “So…”“So?”“I mig
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Chapter: Something You Can’t ProveDrew didn’t come to dinner. I noticed immediately. Jacob did too.“Where’s Drew?” I asked, finding my seat.My father glanced up from his plate. “Working.”“Still?”“There was an issue with the southern reports.”Of course there was. I stabbed a piece of potato harder than necessary. Jay didn’t comment. Jacob looked between us. Apparently my face had become extremely readable since arriving.“What happened?” I asked.“Nothing.” Jay coughed.I glared at him. His mouth twitched.Jacob frowned. “That’s becoming contagious.”“Apparently.” Jay smirked.My father looked at me. “Did you speak with Drew?”That got my attention. “About what?”My father paused. Too long. My stomach tightened.“About the council.” He finally continued.I slowly put down my fork. “You knew I was going to?”“No.”“Then why would you ask that?”My father’s expression became more careful. “I assumed the subject would eventually come up.”I stared at him. “Because you’ve been asking Drew about me.”Silence. Jacob sto
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Chapter: Nothing Left to HideI avoided Jay. Not because I was angry with him. Because I didn’t want him to be right. There was a difference. I went to the library instead. Then the gardens.Then somewhere behind the west side of the mansion where I discovered a stone path I hadn’t seen before. I walked until my feet hurt. My brain refused to shut up.Drew hadn’t lied. Not exactly. He’d omitted something. Something important. Something he knew might change how I saw our relationship. That bothered me.But he’d also refused to discuss my romantic feelings with my father. That mattered. And everything he’d said lined up with what I already knew. So why did I feel sick?Because Jay had known. That was probably it. Jay knew there was something Drew hadn’t told me. He’d had the perfect opportunity to twist it.Instead he’d said—Ask Drew.I sat beneath a tree. Great. Now I trusted Jay because Drew had kept something from me. That seemed healthy.“Running away?”I closed my eyes. Of course. Jay.“Do you have a tracking d
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Chapter: Assigned to YouI didn’t sit. Drew closed the door behind us but left it partially open. I noticed. After Jay, everyone apparently understood doors had become a thing. Drew walked toward his desk. I stayed near the couch. “Well?” He rubbed a hand over the back of his neck. “Your father started asking for my help years ago.” “I know that part.” “At first it really was mostly design work. Presentations. Public projects. Things like that.” “And then?” “And then he realized I’m good at seeing problems people miss.” Drew sighed. I waited. “So I started sitting in on some meetings,” he continued. “How many?” I asked. “A lot.” “Define a lot.” “Most of them.” I stared at him. “You sit on the royal council?” “Not officially.” “Oh, excellent. That’s much less significant.” “Eliza.” “You told me you’re a graphic designer,” I snapped
Last Updated: 2026-09-27
Secrets in the Dark
The world ended in blood, screams, and the dead refusing to stay dead.
Violet should have been just another survivor. Instead, the infected hesitate when they see her.
They stop. They watch.
And sometimes… they let her live.
Violet doesn’t know why, and she’s not sure she wants the answer. All she knows is that survival means staying close to the people she has left—and keeping the impossible things happening around her from becoming one more reason for someone to fear her.
Then she meets Kaden.
Quiet, capable, and carrying secrets of his own, Kaden doesn’t look at Violet like she’s a monster. He looks at her like she’s a mystery worth understanding. As the two are pushed closer together by a world determined to tear them apart, survival begins to mean something neither of them expected.
But the dead aren’t the only things hunting in the ruins.
Something else is watching.
Something that heals.
Something that remembers Violet.
And the closer she gets to discovering why the infected won’t kill her, the more dangerous the truth becomes.
In a world where everyone is fighting to survive, Violet may be carrying the one secret capable of changing what survival means.
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Chapter: Inside the FenceThe supply meeting was worse than I expected. Elise stood at the front of the cafeteria beside a hand-drawn map.Crimson leaned against the wall. Blake stood near the windows. Rebecca had a notebook open.“There are forty-eight of us,” Elise said. “Our food is stable for now, but medicine is low. Water is manageable as long as the pumps keep working.”“Which they won’t forever,” Blake added.Elise nodded. “Which is why we prepare.”She pointed at several locations marked on the map. “Tomorrow, we send a small team.”My stomach tightened. Scavenge run. Of course.“We need canned food, medical supplies, batteries, fuel if we can find it.”Silence. Everyone knew what that meant. Leaving the fence. Returning to the city. Walkers. Maybe worse.Elise looked around. “I won’t force anyone.”Nobody moved. Rebecca stared at the floor. Someone coughed.Then Liam stepped forward. “We’ll go.”I turned. “We?”He looked at me.Crimson shut his eyes. “Oh no.”I stared at Liam. “You did not just volun
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Chapter: Somebody's Stealing MeFence repair took most of the morning. I volunteered before anyone could tell me not to. Liam was already outside carrying sheet metal when I joined the group.He saw me. Didn’t say anything. That was worse than if he’d complained.I walked over. “You still mad?”“I’m not mad,” Liam answered.“Right.”“I’m not.”“You’re aggressively not mad.”He sighed. “Vi.”“What?”“I just don’t want you getting hurt.”“I know.”“That’s it.”I studied him. His expression looked tired more than angry now.I bumped my shoulder against his. “Okay.”“Okay?”“Okay.”He looked surprised. “You’re not going to argue?”“Do you want me to?”“No.”“Then enjoy this rare miracle.”His mouth twitched. There. My Liam again.“Grab the other side.”We lifted a sheet of metal together. Across the yard, Blake was showing two people where to attach another panel. He looked toward us.Liam noticed. “Don’t.”I blinked. “I didn’t say anything.”“You were about to.”“I actually wasn’t.”“Your face was.”I laughed. “Apparen
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Chapter: Just a NodI woke to the sound of someone arguing. For half a second, panic shot through me. My hand flew toward the knife beside my mattress. Then the room came back into focus.Classroom. Mattresses. Blankets. Morning light leaking around the boards covering the windows. School. Safe. Or whatever passed for safe now. The argument came from the hallway.“I’m telling you, we need to reinforce the west fence.”“And I’m telling you we don’t have enough sheet metal.”“Then take it off the gym doors.”“And leave another entrance exposed?”I recognized Blake’s voice. The second belonged to someone I hadn’t met.Beside me, Liam groaned and pulled his blanket over his head. “Too early.”I sat up. “You’ve slept for like nine hours.”“Not enough.”“You told me sleeping too much would get us killed.”“I’ve reconsidered.”I smiled. “You want breakfast?”His head appeared from beneath the blanket. “Are you making it?”“No.”“Then yes.”I threw my pillow at him.He caught it without opening his eyes. “Violen
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Chapter: Especially MeI couldn’t sleep. Of course. For weeks, I’d dreamed about finding somewhere safe enough to close my eyes without holding a knife.Now I had it. And my brain apparently wanted no part of it. Liam slept on the mattress beside mine. The older woman across the room snored softly. Someone shifted beneath a blanket.I stared at the ceiling. Eventually, I gave up. I slipped on my shoes and stepped into the hallway. The school felt different at night. Quieter.Emergency lanterns glowed at intersections, leaving long stretches of hallway dim. I wandered downstairs. I wasn’t sure where I was going.Then I noticed the open front doors. Someone sat outside. Blake. He was perched on the hood of a car just inside the barricade, one knee drawn up, knife resting beside him.His head turned as I approached. “Can’t sleep?”I stopped. “How did you know I was there?”“You’re loud.”“I am not.”“You are.”“Everyone here is rude.” I frowned.A faint smile touched his mouth. I stepped outside. The night air
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Chapter: What We’re Surviving ForI found Elise in the nurse’s office later that evening. She was sorting supplies into plastic bins. Bandages. Painkillers. Antibiotics. Not many.I stood in the doorway. “You need help?”She glanced up. “You don’t have to work your first night.”“I know.”“Then why are you offering?”I shrugged. “I don’t know what else to do.”That earned a smile. “Come in.”I sat across from her.She slid a pile of bandages toward me. “Those need to be separated by size.”I started sorting. For a few minutes, neither of us spoke.Then I asked, “How much food do we really have?”Elise stopped. “Rebecca?”“She said maybe three weeks.”“Rebecca worries.”“That doesn’t mean she’s wrong.”“No.”I waited.Elise sighed. “If nothing changes? Somewhere between three and four weeks.”My stomach sank.“But something always changes,” she continued. “We find supplies. People bring things with them. We adapt.”“And if more people come?” I asked.“We adapt again.”“You make that sound easy.”“It isn’t.”I folded an
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Chapter: I’m CountingDinner was canned stew. I had never been so happy to see canned stew in my life. People crowded around cafeteria tables, eating from mismatched bowls and cups. Some talked quietly. Others barely spoke.Liam sat across from me.Crimson dropped into the seat beside him with his own bowl. “Good news.”I looked up. “We have cookies?”“No.” Crimson frowned.“Then I don’t care.”“The kid got one.”I stared at him. “You lied.”“I said we might have cookies.”“You had cookies.”“Had.”“You gave him the last one?”Crimson took a bite of stew. “Maybe.”I smiled.He pointed his spoon at me. “Don’t make it weird.”“I didn’t say anything.”“Your face did.”Liam looked between us. “Apparently Violet’s face has become a serious problem today.”“Thank you,” Crimson said.“You’re both annoying.” I frowned, crossing my arms.“See?” Liam looked at Crimson. “This is what I deal with.”Crimson nodded sympathetically. “Must be difficult.”“I hope you choke,” I grumbled.“Violent too.” Liam smirked.I kicke
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