Rivals

Deorla stood at the threshold of their new house, her heart fluttering with excitement as the early morning light streamed through the trees. The house was smaller than she'd imagined altho still much bigger than the previous one, there was something about it that made her chest swell with pride. The stone walls gleamed in the sun, a clear sign that the work was good, even if the cost had nearly drained their savings.

‘Your name is quite the interesting one! A man born with little to his name, now a man of great power and status; 

‘Our world is untrue in all its forms; nothing is real, nothing but the great climb that is power. The ladder of position is all there is.