Book2:KigdomIteDreams

atgthebeautysoimmersedinherwork,KingDimitrifeltdeeplygratifiedandcouldn’thelpsmilingather.MegginnwasusingthepureivorydeskinallyorderedbyEileenforherownusewhehemaheKingdom.Notonlywasthematerialexpehedesignandcarvingsinanduitwasmadewithsuchexcellentcraftsmanshipthatitcouldeasilybecssifiedasanexquisiteandpricelessworkofart.Bothofitsmistresses,thepresentandformermanagers,werestrikiies,capableandintelligent,buttheirheartswereasdifferentasnightandday.Onepure,wholesomeandihrivedinthemagnifitKingdom,whiletheother,schemingandnefarious,plottedinthedarkherregionsoftheunderworld.Megginnknittedherbrowsandmumbled,

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    “Whyisn’thehereyet?Somethingmusthaveeup.Hehassomuhispte...”ShelookedupattheskiesoutsidethewindowtogagethetimeofdayandsawKingDimitrismilingather.Hertenanceimmediatelycleared.ShestoodupandwalkedovertoKingDimitrisayingughingly,

    “Whendidyouein?Ididn’thearyouatall.Youscaredme!”KingDimitritookherhandandpulledherovertohimsaying,

    “I’vebeeeawhile.YouweresotratedonyourworkIdidn’twanttointerruptyou.Nowtellmewhatisthisurgentmatteryouwereinahurrytotalktomeabout?IthinkIknowwhatitisaboutthoughI’mnotquitesurehowbadthesituationis.”Meggioldhimaboutitiailfrombeginningtoend.KingDimitristoodupaowalkfromoneendoftheroomtotheotherandthenbackagaihought.Outsidethewindow,thesunbegangraduallytodropbeyondthehorizon.Megginnadded,

    “What’sworseis,rumorshavebeenaboundingthatthemysterioustrillionaireDimitriJahasdied.Whoaretheseemissariesscatteredalroundtheworld?”

    “Friends”answeredK