Book3:WereMyDreamIs

erejustlookingforacetoattack.TakingthemagicbowfromherbackViowaveditthreateninglyalround.ThewildbeastsreizedDimitri’smagicbowahatitrepresentedKingDimitrihimself,sononedaredtoeforwardandsoonallslunkquietlyaway.OnlythendidViherleadenfootstepstowardshergoldpace.

    Viopassedsafelythroughtheforestsandhillswithoutbeingattackedbyanywildanimals,buttheangerinherbreastgrewbecausethehillsandforestswereallunguarded.Shehadsetseseveralstrategicspotsbuttherewasnotasouround.Shethoughtthatthezyandundisciplinedbarbariansoldiersmusthavetakenadvantageofherabseosckoffandgocarousingwiththeirfriendsandbuddies,fettingalbouttheirdutytostandguardandprotecttheirkingdostfaintingwithfatigue,Viedherheavyfeet,aonwalkingtowardsherpaceusingallthestrengthshehadleft.Whenshepassedtheencampmentofthebarbariantribes,shewasgreatlyupsettofindthatthecampwasquietay,withnosignoflife.Shenoticedthatthecampfireswerenewlyputout,sotheremusthavebeenpeopleherenottoolongago.Wherecouldthemen,womenandchildrenallgoo?Hassomethingdrastichappethegoldpace?Shequiedherstepsandwalkedon.

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    Shecametothegateofthegoldpacewhichlookedlikeanopenbloodymouth,pushedopentheheavygolddoorandwalkedontothenarrowwindingpathpavedwithgold.Theflowersandshrubsonbothsidesofthepathwerebloomingprofuselyinanexplosionofcolors.Thenshecametothefountain.Ninegonshadbeedifferentstrategicpositionsaroundthefountainsothatthewaterthatsproutedfromtheirmouthscrisscrossedandformedaravagantwebofwaterdispy.Brilliant,shimmeringdiamondscoveredthebottomofthefountai