The Ring of Power

27: The unexpected abduction and the unidentified flying object.

The night enveloped the city with its dark mantle, dotted with stars. In the quiet of their home, Max and Selene enjoyed a moment of peace, knowing that their children were fast asleep. It was their nightly ritual, that brief but precious space where they could simply be Max and Selene, away from the responsibilities and worries that weighed on them as leaders of the new humanity.

Max caresses Selene's face delicately and softly, her fingers brush against her cheek while her lips join together in a kiss full of love and lust. Those hours of the night, Max and his wife knew very well how to take advantage of them because it was the only time of day in which they could have privacy for themselves without their children wanting to interrupt them, or in that case, see them doing things they had not yet done. It was time for them to know what adults did.

The passion between them ignited with every caress, every whisper shared under the dim light of the lamps in their room. Selene smiled ag