The Erkenblood (Wielders of Sessara Book 1)

We are all monsters in someone's story! For Panthea, every day she draws breath in the Southern Kingdom is an act of repression. Her faith in the goddess keeps her pure. Her guardian Rassus keeps her safe. And a powerful drug, administered daily, keeps her deadly power in check. But no amount of prayer or medicine will ever change what she is: Panthea is an Erkenblood. No matter what she does, her power will always be one small mistake away from turning her into a mindless killer. But for now, her drugs are enough. Her teacher is enough. Her prayers are enough. Until they arent. When the Inquisition raids her home in search of an arcane artifact, Rassus is hauled away, and Panthea finds herself thrust into the center of a bloody conflict with evil on both sides. Can she save the man who raised and protected her without becoming the monster the whole kingdom believes she is? Or will Panthea let the monster out... and sacrifice her soul in the process?