The Family Curse
Anonymous
THE PAST:
The old woman faced the just-turned fifteen year old young man, who had just shamed her daughter, and uttered her dire curse:
You and every male member of your line will suffer the same fate. On the day of their fifteenth year, you and all your male heirs who follow you will suffer the same. You will be as you have acted this day naught but a child for now and for all time.
She laughed as she walked away from him. He howled in dismay as he helplessly wet his pants.
THE PRESENT: The story