Shane brought Katarina to the 150th-anniversary celebration of the American National Museum. The pop artist was singing her latest hit while they were seated at the back. Other guests and special guests of the night occupied tables before them. Katarina was dressed in a cherry red dress and her hair was twisted in a knot behind her head. While Shane was dressed in his black tux beside his fiancée who looked fabulous and ravishing in her hot red dress, his sight was already caught stolen by another woman dressed in a bright sky blue dress whose hair was also put up. He could only see the slender nape of her head. The woman turned her head revealing her oval face with curly caramel strands to see Shane looking at her. Rana gave him a small smile upon seeing him and turned back her attention to the stage. After another song, the pop artist was replaced by a band led by a male and female singer who played the music, and the dance floor was opened by Mayor Blasé and his wife. All the othe

Rana stirred in her sleep. Then, she opened her eyes.She saw semi-darkness. Her room was dark but a shower of light was cast from the windows. She turned her head toward the window.Through the thin laced curtain, she could trace the roundness of the moon. She hasn't locked the window earlier. It was tilted open letting the gentle breeze of the wind enter her room. She felt the wind cool on her face.Who are they? Those people up in the sky? She thought to herself as she lay still on the bed.She feels like she knew them but she doesn't know their names.Wait. How could she feel she knew them? She'd never seen them before. She shook her head at the sudden weirdness of her thought streaming then.Rana rose from the bed and went by the window while she kept her eyes fixed at the moon outside. It was illuminating with its round white light. It felt unusually bright and white tonight, she surmised.She stood by the window, one hand holdi

They heard a movement from the shadows and veered their sights towards it."Anyone there?" Rana asked.Julienne came from hiding behind the darkness of the trees wearing a very big teasing smile on her face."Wow! Lovers under the moon sky. I couldn't be more wrong timing than ever, Ran."She said joining the two who were standing close to each other by the banks of the lake. The bright moon was a witness to them while it reflected its own against the silent waters of the lake. Cicadas could be heard with their gritting sounds sometimes joined by croaks of frogs somewhere."We're not lovers, Jules.""Don't be shy about it, Rana.""I'm not Mother Julienne," said Rana trying to muster her nun-like voice when caught in an awkward situation."But you are of age, my child."Julienne played along with her making her voice deeper and sounding stricter."It's not a crime to fall in love, Rana. Better to admit it than deny

They walked on the lake water and reached the center of the lake where the moon was reflected on the water. The white orb of the moon mirrored on the still water. They stood across from each other. Enara removed her necklace while Enos removed his bracelet and dropped them together on the white-filled circle of the moon water.A white beam of light emerged from the reflected moon circle shooting white light straight into a line upwards towards the full moon in the sky. The water soon rose out of the lake building a cylindrical narrow channel of wall water tunnel ahead. A door was formed made of water and moon earth overlapping each other and a golden knob formed from mixed gold and opal.Enos opened the door.Enara looked inside. The tunnel was dark but she was soon caught in amazement and fascination how slowly the dark channel sprouted with flowers blooming from the depth of the unseen darkness under and grew on the surface ahead. Lilies, water lilies, and oth

Rana stared at Helios for a full minute before she collected herself. She removed her hands from Shane. “That doesn’t surprise me,” she said trying to sound calm. “Maybe a bit. But I haven’t really expected it.” Rana looked again at Helios and asked him. “When’s the trial?” “It’s scheduled next month,” he answered directly. “It’d be the fifteenth.” Rana expelled a deep breath. “Guess, I have to pay the consequences of my thoughtlessness,” she muttered to herself and looked down at her blankets. “I’ll be there with you, Rana.” Shane automatically said trying to hold her hands again. Rana clasped her hands and looked at him and gave him a smile. “Thanks, Shane. I really appreciate that.” “Don’t worry, Enara,” said Helios putting a smile on his face to ease up the situation. “We’ll all be with you. We’ll do our best to help you out.” Rana mustered another smile on her face as she loo