A TALE OF THE ENDLANDS -- A KINDLE-SINGLE PREVIEW SHORT STORY FROM THE ANTHOLOGY A PRAYER FOR DEAD KINGS AND OTHER TALES

Charan moved past her to drop to his knees. He gripped the stinking grate, ignored the heady slime of blood and offal that clung to its corroded bars as he shifted it from practiced memory. A particular twist, a specific positioning that would disengage it from the stones that surrounded them. He felt it come loose, lifted it carefully. Below, the mouth of a narrow well opened up to darkness.

"The sewers?" Jalina said from behind. "They'll search every sewer and tunnel within a league of the castle to find him.

"If you insist on telling me things I already know, put them to a tune, at least." With a flourish, Charan stood back, beckoning her toward the open sluice drain. The day's wash water was still slick on the stones, dripping at the edges like a rank rain.

"You're mad," she said.

"And a fool, apparently, and proud of both. Get in."

"I will not... "

"You will," Charan said, "whether you climb or whether I drop you." Smiling, he advanced on his sister as one moved on a disobedient dog, saw her flinch despite her own best effort. "This isn't done yet, but when it is, you'll have an empire to rule. The scent of blood is the first thing you need to get used to."

In a dark short story of passion and murder (unintended and otherwise), Charan and Jalina are sibling heirs to the throne of empire who share a bond of blood and a grave secret -- both of which threaten to destroy them when their father is killed...

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