Book2:KigdomIteDreams

tonight,QueenAishawasnotinthemoodtoponderonanyacademicthesisbecauseshesetaurbed.ShewasthinkingabouthowtocurtailMr.Finger’sirrationanderroneousasandcametotheclusiowaywastofindhimafemaleterpart.Butwhereintheworldcouldshefindadiminutivewomanofhissizea?Itwouldbeoimpossible.Atthistime,QueenAishahadnowayofknowingthatMr.FingerhadalreadyfoundauniquepanioninVioandilyenjoyinghishoneymoon,thehappiesttimeofhislife.

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    AhingthatdistressedherevenmorewasMedusa’sretreportonCyclops.ShesaidthatlesurveilnceshowedthatthesightofCyclefronteyeseemedtohavepletelyrecovered,buthestillwalkedbackwardssometimes.Itmaybemisdireonhisparttohoodwinkusandurgedustobevigint.QueenAishaknewMedusa’seyesweresharperthanahawk’s,thatherreportcouldnotbewrong.Cyclopswasoverwhelmedwithlust.Itburntlikefireinhim.Wasn’tthisinsatiablesexuappetite,thisdesiretopossessalltwenty-fourofKingDimitri’sbeautiesthatcausedacrisiswhichalmostdestroyedtheKingdomofDreams?KingDimitrihadwanderedfarandwideintothemundaneworldandtherewasnoknowingwhenhewouldbeback.Wasn’tthisagreatopportunityforCyclopstodoasheliked?IfhedecidedtoiheKingdom,wouldMedusaalonebeabletostophim?ThesetwoetricithrlibidosiheKingdom,onebigonesmall,bothcapableofcreatinghavoccausedQueenAishagraveandgavehermanysleeplessnights.

    “AhKingDimitri”shesighedinwardly.“Whenwillyoueback?HowIcarrythisheavyloadalone?Doyoumeaydomandthebeautiesherewholongforyoudayandnight?”Thepaceattendantwhostoodnearbyaskedgently,

    “YourMajesty,thewaterisgettingcold.ShallIaddsomehotwatertoi