Heir

An Oathsworn Chronicles Short Story

By Z.R. McCormick

A disgraced heir. A dying world.

Vengeance at any cost.

The walls of the enclave are everything. Shelter, survival, sanctuary. Beyond them lies only the Mist, a cursed world teeming with nightmares. Garrin has never questioned that truth. As the last son of a ruined bloodline, he’s spent his life bound by duty, shaped by loss, and driven by a legacy he barely understands. Only ruthlessness has kept him alive in a world of betrayal and decay.

But power is no longer just survival. It’s his key to revenge. To restore what was lost, Garrin hunts a relic buried in myth, a force that could unravel the Mist itself. With death closing in and the Firewalker Order on the edge of collapse, he must decide how much he’s willing to sacrifice to reclaim what was taken.

Some legends are born of glory. Others are forged in vengeance.

A companion story to The Oathsworn Chronicles series, Heir explores the harrowing events that shaped Micah’s greatest adversary into a ruthless, unstoppable force.