Book1:TeDream-Maker
verysesthathadalwaysbeentherebeforeher.Nowherheartwasfullofpeadquiet.Itwasasifshehadbeehirdceatlife.Whensheopenedhereyesagain,theywerefilledwithexuberantbrilliaheedgeoftheforest,therewasarowoftrees,extremelyfeminineandgracefulinshape,showingwomay,slenderanddelicate.UnderMedusa’ssweepinggheyturnedbatobeautifulvirgins,dazedandfused,asifjustwakingfromadeepslumber.Thesewerethehumansacrificesofformeryears,turotreesafterCyclopshaddrunktheirblood.Handinhand,theyfollowedDimitriandMedusaohtowardstheseaside.Ontheway,whereverMedusa’sgngered,thestonefiguresbecamealiveiwinklingofaneyeandjoiheranksofthenewlyresurrected,excitedlyquestioningeachotherandughingunbelievingly. Justthentheairresouhhailsofexcitementayughter.Thenativeswereoverjoyedatthehatthemonsterhadbeenshotdown.Theyswarmedoutoftheirhutsandintotheirboatstogreettheirsaviorandtoseewiththeirowhedownfalloftheiraremy,whohaddemahesacrificeoftheirdearestoneseveryyear.ButsuchwasMedusa’soverpthreatthatnonedaredtoventureashorebeforethenewswasfirmed;soamassofboatsandoesseemedfrozenmotionlessinthemiddleoftheke.WhenthefigureofDimitriappearedontheshorewithasnake-hairedbeautybyhissideainueofyoungmenandwomenbehindhim,gleefulshoutsandughterroseupandafervorofjoyaementpermeatedtheair,astheboatsandoesracedeachothertoetoshore.Anativegirl,impatientwiththedey,divedintothewaterandswamtoshoreaheadoftheboats.ItwasDeanna,thegirlwhosonarrowlyescapedatragicdeaththenightbefore.Shescrambledupthebanks,fellonherkneesandkissedDimitri’sfeet.Ahetribewalkedso