The House With Two Halves

For once, a prince must be sacrificed for the kingdom instead of a princess.  Prince Torsten has been raised to be a toothless lion.  He's a man untrained in battle and unaccustomed to warfare.  Instead, he was taught to paint beautifully, speak beautifully, and write beautifully. Was it just so he wouldn't put up a fight?  'The House With Two Halves' is a unique novelette with each chapter having two parts.
 The first part is the story from Torsten's perspective.  The second half is called 'The tail at the end of the fairy tale.'  It tells the story from a different perspective, often giving the thoughts of objects.  Enjoy!