Rainfire was born to a future where people are reduced to warring tribes based in mediaeval castles. She doesn't know much about the world beyond Doune Castle, where she is despised for her refusal to adopt the submissive role expected of a woman. Yet the world is coming for her in the form of the warriors of Stirling, who dominate their battles with her people through their skill at archery.
When her father becomes the Director of Doune, he sends her to Stirling to seduce and betray the enemy chief. It's the chance to play a role in the future of her people that she's been longing for all her life. When she arrives in Doune, she encounters something that threatens her resolve and with it, the future of her own people.
Kindness.
(9,500 words)
