Book3:WereMyDreamIs

rustybrooise,buthasapotentmixtureofpowderstoredisinterior.Whenspurtedonitsvictim,thispowdercouldcausethepersontoberenderedunsciousandbeepletelyvulnerable,uoprotectherself.I’mafraidhewouldusethisonKingDimitri’stwenty-fourbeautiesialiation.Yourjobistoprotectthetwenty-fourbeauties.Isthisworkimportantenoughforyou?”Hisaudienoreturnedsilent,theirhighspiritsdampenedbyhisominouswords.

    “WhereisKingDimitri?”askedMr.Kaffee.“Whyisn’thebackherewtogetherwithustopullthroughthiscrisis?”

    “Ibelieveheisalreadybadwilppearatthesuitabletime.IamstillmystifiedaboutwhatreallyhappenedinKingDimitri’sKingdomtocausetheshelloftheearththeretoundergosuchdrastiges.”

    Uponwaking,Mr.Fingerfoundhimselflyingonasoft,fortablebed.Lookingaroundtheroominthegloaminglight,hesawminiaturetables,chairs,dressersandallkindsoffurnituredecoratingthesmallroom.Inaertherewereearthentainersusedtostorewine.Why,thiswastheloveheandViohadbuilttogether!HehadreturoKingDimitri’sKingdomofDreams.TheodorofdegflowerpetalstoldMr.FihatquitesometimehadpassedsinceViostvisitedthetreeholehouseshebuiltwithherownhands.Hesatupandwalkedovertothetreeholetopeekoutattheworldoutsideinthefaintlight.Thesethatmethiseyescausedhimtoblinkinsurprise.Inthedeheoutlookseemedtohavegedsiderably.Normallyeveninthedefogorhts,theshapeofGiantMountainwasclearlydisableiancelikeagiantlyinghorizontallyontheground.Daywasnowbeginningtobreak,buttherewasneshapevisibleacrosstheke.Whatsurprisedhimwasthesoundofrushingwaterwhichhehadneverheardbefore.Hereturohissoftand