breath she fell silent and waited.
T rying hard not to sound as nervous as she felt, she asked, “Do you have any questions?”
“Yes,” Prince Bryan answered his natural curiosity helping him to overcome his confusion, distrust and shock. “How is the link formed? And are you sure that only you would be able to read my thoughts?”
“I will answer your questions in reverse order,” Princess Kalea stated calmly since his questions were reasonable. “Yes , I am positive that I will be the only one able to hear your thoughts not read them. You must focus the thoughts into that special area of your mind for me to hear them at all. Reading your thoughts would imply that I could search through your mind and see all your memories and gather information. I won’t be able to do that.
“As to how the link is formed , it is quite painless, I assure you. I have tentatively been preparing for two weeks but I didn’t truly focus all my energies on it until yesterday when I received word that this would be possible. Normally both individuals focus their thoughts and energies into forming the link. Since you were unable to prepare in advance, if you were to agree, you would look into my eyes and focus all your attention on my eyes until we are finished. Looking away from my eyes too soon would weaken or simply prevent the link from forming.
“As you look into my eyes , you will feel a sense of what the link will be like. When that happens, focus your attention on the sensation and extend your hands under mine. My elbows will be resting on the edge of the table and my palms will be facing downward.
“If you choose to complete the link , you simply focus as intensely as you can and then take my hands, both of them simultaneously. There will be a bright flash of light and then, when we wake up, we will sense where that special place has formed. It will be where you hear my voice.”
Princess Kalea paused and Prince Bryan jumped in with another question. “How do you know about the flash and everything? Are you sure you can only link once?”
“Yes, I am sure you can only link once” Kalea reassured. “I am simply relating the events to you as both my parents and siblings have explained it to me. There is a possibility that your experience will vary because I am the only one that will be forming the link, but it shouldn’t be any more dramatic than what I have described.”
Silence filled the room as Prince Bryan thought through all the possibilities that came to mind. The implications were astounding. Though he tried to be logical, cautious and objective, his curiosity refused to be denied.
“How do I know that you are telling the truth about reading my mind? Do you have some type of proof you can share that confirms you won’t be searching my mind for information?” Bryan asked, trying to stay his curiosity with caution.
“No. I have no proof,” Princess Kalea answered. “Each link is unique and all any of us that are not linked know about it is what others have shared. I know and trust those who have shared their experiences with me but you do not , so I completely understand if you choose not to form the link now or ever.”
Her honesty gave him pause. All his life he had been trained to read a person’s voice, body language and face to determine the truth of their words. Here he was denied two of the three because of the image scrambler but her voice sounded very sincere.
“You said it was my choice whether the link was created?” Bryan asked.
“Yes,” Princess Kalea answered.
“Is there anything else besides looking in your eyes, taking your hands and focusing on the sensation that I need to do?”
“Not really,” Princess Kalea answered. At his silence she continued. “You see , the last thought that you have at the moment our hands meet is the first thought that I will hear in that special place in my mind reserved for you. It will also be