Book1:TeDream-Maker
stothekeiandmarveledatitsresembheoneinhisdreams.HehadbeenwanderingtoolongandthisseparationincreasedhislongingforhisKingdom;sohetooydownandsoonfelsleep. Chapter7CrisisintheKingdom Throughtheheavyfogthatpervadedheaveh,hazyglimpsesofthemooncouldbeseen,pearlyandopalest.Itwouldhavebeenalovelymoonlitnightifithadnotbeenforthefog.Abare-footedIleen,holdingaswordinherhand,tip-toedherwaytowardstheke,intendingtorowtothemeadowontheoppositeshiantMountain.Justassheushingtheoeintothewater,shecaughtsightofahugeEasterlily,snow-whiteincolor,blossomingbythewater.Surprisedtoseeitblossomingoutofseasooopeddownandtoucheditsdaials,meaningtopickit,butthengedhermindanddecidedtodosoonherwayback.Shepushedtheoeswiftlyandnoiselesslyintotheke,andpaddledonwithsurreptitiousbuthelessstronganddecisivestrokes.Itwasonlyinsuchthickfogthatshecouldhopetoevadethesharpeyesoftheever-vigintMedusaandhaveacetospirewiththecaptive,Cyclops.Thethoughtofhimbroughttohermindhisstrongmuscurbody,andshecouldfeewildtingliionatherloins.Hissiheprotrudinghornatthetopofhishead,hisveryuglinessaddedtohisprimitivesexuattra,andshecouldfeeltheheatofarousalpermeatingherbody.ShehadeuponthecavewhereCyclopswasdetainedquiteactally,whileseargforasuitablesitefDimitri’sgoldpaceatthetopofGiantMountain.ShehadlongbeenseekingforanapliallywhocouldhelpherusurptheKingdom,forshekhatshealonewasnotuptoaakingofsograndascale.WhocouldbemoresuitablethanCyclopswhohimselfhadanaxtogrind?Somakingfulluseofherphysicattras,sheehebarbarousandsimplemindedmonst