The Cycles of Revelation

The Medellan Conspiracy: Celebration (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)

Episode 89: Jevan and Ardyn are invited to a special celebration.

When Jevan and Ardyn returned home, they found an envelope lying on the kitchen counter. “Hey, what’s this?” Jevan asked as he went to pick it up. In the modern Aterian script was written Ardyn and Jevan. He showed it to Ardyn before opening it.

Inside was a card with a note.

You are cordially invited to attend the pair-bonding ceremony of Andreesen and Marta of Donarvon.

Below was the day and time of the ceremony, scheduled to take place at the Chancellor’s estate in two days.

“Finally!” Ardyn exclaimed with a laugh. “I was worried they were going to run out of time.”

At twenty-nine, Marta was quickly approaching the age where she had to pair-bond or doom herself to an early grave, so they were both happy to learn that she and Andreesen had stopped dancing around the issue.

Jevan grabbed their bags, intent on unpacking. “This will be fun, as long as no one else stirs up any trouble.”

With his ears suddenly lowered, Ardyn asked. “You don’t think there will be, do you?”