The Blood of Curran (A Short Story)

It was a tradition bequeathed by Rotherwall's far-flung Archons that the firstborn, regardless of their gender, ought to inherit the throne. It was honored and adhered to by the succeeding Archons. All of them but one, and came from him were a daughter and a son.

They were two of the same blood who came from the same womb and were birthed by the same mother and both were bound to be doomed by the other. One was destined to rule the Kingdom and the other to perish.

With whose blood the throne will be bathed and with whose head will be crowned was something even the Fates had not foreseen nor predetermined.