"The Heir" is coming 7/14/21

Chapter One

FINN woke to the sound of creaking floorboards.  He knew he had been dreaming, but as his eyes opened the memory vanished, leaving him with nothing but a lingering sense that the dream had been pleasant.  

The mattress, really just rough cloth wrapped tightly around dried wheat stalks, crinkled softly as he sat up and swung his long legs over the side to rest on the scuffed and faded wood floor.  The bedframe groaned as he rose, stretching away the last of s...