The Sovereign's Vulnerability

Night fell over Pulau Ubin in a velvety blanket of indigo and gold. Far across the water, the distant glow of Singapore's mainland lights flickered like a luminous mirage, but here among the mangroves, the only illumination came from the brilliant canopy of tropical stars and the ethereal blue glow of bioluminescent plankton swirling beneath the wooden boardwalks. Kenneth and Alana walked slowly along the stilt pathway that wound through…