Book3:WereMyDreamIs
erejustlookingforacetoattack.TakingthemagicbowfromherbackViowaveditthreateninglyalround.ThewildbeastsreizedDimitri’smagicbowahatitrepresentedKingDimitrihimself,sononedaredtoeforwardandsoonallslunkquietlyaway.OnlythendidViherleadenfootstepstowardshergoldpace. Viopassedsafelythroughtheforestsandhillswithoutbeingattackedbyanywildanimals,buttheangerinherbreastgrewbecausethehillsandforestswereallunguarded.Shehadsetseseveralstrategicspotsbuttherewasnotasouround.Shethoughtthatthezyandundisciplinedbarbariansoldiersmusthavetakenadvantageofherabseosckoffandgocarousingwiththeirfriendsandbuddies,fettingalbouttheirdutytostandguardandprotecttheirkingdostfaintingwithfatigue,Viedherheavyfeet,aonwalkingtowardsherpaceusingallthestrengthshehadleft.Whenshepassedtheencampmentofthebarbariantribes,shewasgreatlyupsettofindthatthecampwasquietay,withnosignoflife.Shenoticedthatthecampfireswerenewlyputout,sotheremusthavebeenpeopleherenottoolongago.Wherecouldthemen,womenandchildrenallgoo?Hassomethingdrastichappethegoldpace?Shequiedherstepsandwalkedon. 4 Shecametothegateofthegoldpacewhichlookedlikeanopenbloodymouth,pushedopentheheavygolddoorandwalkedontothenarrowwindingpathpavedwithgold.Theflowersandshrubsonbothsidesofthepathwerebloomingprofuselyinanexplosionofcolors.Thenshecametothefountain.Ninegonshadbeedifferentstrategicpositionsaroundthefountainsothatthewaterthatsproutedfromtheirmouthscrisscrossedandformedaravagantwebofwaterdispy.Brilliant,shimmeringdiamondscoveredthebottomofthefountai