From the moment I was born, I stood at the center of everyone’s attention, hailed as a savior the likes of whom had not appeared in ten thousand years.
That was until the day I accidentally wandered into the forbidden zone of the temple and saw the stone tablet recording the true order of succession.
My name was clearly listed in second place, while the name of the attendant who had always followed silently behind me burned like the sun at the very top of the first place.
More frightening still, a line of tiny writing was carved at the bottom of the tablet: “When the second in line learns the truth, the entire world will begin to collapse.”
I turned around, and met the attendant’s eyes. He was no longer hiding what lay within them.
