Perl — Chapter One

The Milky Way shone down upon a secluded beach. Across the horizon the inky, dark blue of space was slowly being illuminated by the first rays of the morning Sun. Three holiday houses were nestled on the dunes with steep, vegetation covered hills behind them.

A young woman wearing pyjamas emerged from one of the houses just as the Sun peaked over the horizon. With her hands placed on the timber railing of the deck she looked up…