At the break of their eighteenth birthday, the young adults of Selkie travel in droves to drink Sunburst. The serum is concocted by the priests, who in ceremony bless each person in finding their Twin Ray.

Islet has waited eighteen long years and is eager to know the face of her soul mate. In a cruel twist of fate, she learns that the Holy One has paired her with royalty. But not just any royalty, Prince Cerulean of the neighboring country, who has recently announced his engagement to Princess Marilla of Selkie. The same princess that Islet can't stand.

Twin Ray was created by Natutzzi Powell, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author. 

Twin Ray

Preparations for the wedding are almost fully set. Letters of invitation have gone out on the Imperial Flight boat in order to bring back only our most esteemed guest. My sisters and a few friends of Cerulean. 


I wring my hands on the way down to the meadows. My teeth grit absently.


“What is causing this distress?” Cerulean asks sitting across from me. I can never forget he’s there but his silence has caused his powerful presence to blend into the tangy smell of the wet season in the air.


“I just…feel chaos brewing,” I say with a sigh. “I know it sounds silly.”


“It doesn’t.” He says. He leans forward to take my hands. “If you feel chaos then there must be some form of it.”


“But we can’t be sure,” I say. Another sigh floats up to my chest and from my lips.


The carriage stops moving. Cerulean hops out first and pulls me down to the soft ground. 


I’ve chosen soft pants, and shoes for today’s walk through the meadow.


Chapter 45: Invitations