Born into a cursed family, Khem's mother gives him a girl's name, Khemjira, to protect him from dying before 21. He believes it until his 20th birthday when the truth unravels.
Khem is born into a cursed family. Supposedly, a daughter born into the family would be safe. However, a son would die before he'd reached the age of twenty-one. Khem's mother cleverly gives him a girl's name, Khemjira, which means "forever safe." Khem believes that until his twentieth birthday. Then he starts seeing ghosts and experiences strange things around him.
