Book1:TeDream-Maker
ghosts,butlovedtolistentosepulchralstoriesofghostsanddemons.Nowthathewasgettingoninageandcloserandclosertohisfiiheearth,hewasnolongerafraidofthem.Orary,theirexistenisedaensionofthislifeinanotherworld.Inawaythistookawaymuchoftheapprehensionandfearofdeath.ToDimitri’scuriousandinquisitivemind,hewaseveastewhat1ifehereaftermeant,tolearnwhatthedifferencewasbetweenmenandghosts. Itwasonlyfivethirtyiernoon.ThefieryraysofthesettingsundyedLakeMerrittintoapoolofblood-redwater.Dimitriregrettedspendingthedayinthinkingandreminisg,asitmadehisheadache.Hismindwasn’tclearanymoreandheneededarest.Butagain,histhoughtswaohismotherAmalia.Ifshewasn’tinHeavebeinHellediernalfmesofGehenna.Hecouldalmostvisualizethedespairingandagonizingexpressiononherfaceasshestruggledtefromthescorgriver,onlytosinkdeeperintothebottomlesspit. "HowcouldyoustandthiseorturedayafterdayAmaliamysweetmother?"thoughtDimitri."Hoefullynowandthenyoucouldleavethefierywatersandclimbashoreforalittlerespite,eatsomethingandhideforamomentinaerbeforebeingpiercedbyaforkandthrownbatothefmesbytheguardsoftheUnderworld.OhAmalia,mysweetmother,doyoueverthinkofmethewayIthinkofyou?Me,youronlysonwhomyouleftalohisworld.No,shewouldn’t"thoughtDimitrisadly.Whenhevisitedherforthesttimeinhercellthedaybeforeshewastodie,shewasuntamed,abusiveandshrewishasever.Sheturnedonhim,snarling, "Scramyousnivelingbastard!Idon’twanttoseeyourface.Iwouldn’thavebeenhereifIwasn’tburdehyou.”Herviciousandfiendishexpressionrosebeforehimandhecouldalmosthearherhi