Book2:KigdomIteDreams

down,theresultwouldbedisastrous!ThisfearmadeMedusarestlessandapprehensive.Slippingawayfromthebaable,sheflewallovertheKingdom,overwater,throughforests,seargfortracesofpossibledanger.Onlywhenshewascertainthateverythingwasnormal,didsheflytoTwinPeaks.

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    Shefirststoppedattheleftpeak,wheretheese-stylepacewaslocated.Landinginfrontofthepacegate,MedusapausedforamomentbeforewalkingintotheHall.Thoughbrilliantlylitasusual,thegrandandsplendidHallwaseerilysilent.Theslimgracefulfiguresthatwerenormallysomuevidehere,werenowhereinsight.Missingalsoweretheirmelodiouschatterandughter.Theonlysoundtobreakthedeadlysilehefeeblechafingofthesandinthehssasitdribbledon,keepingtrae.Thewholepceseemeddesote.Afteriingeverynookanderforfirehazardsahateverythingwasinorderandthattherewasnothingtoworryabout,sheleft.MedusacrossedoverthesuspensiebetweewinPeaksandcamethtpteau,theadministrativemateroftheKingdom.Hereeverythingwasultramodern,effitandstifidiretrasttothepace-likebuildingopteauwithitsstressonaraditionalstyle.Herewasthehospital,nuclearpowerpnt,helicopterndingfieldandhugeunicationssatellitedishestokeepintactwiththeoutsideworld.Mostimportantofall,theAdministrativeBuildingwastheheadquartersofKingDimitri’simmensefinancialempire,withenougheighttomakehavocofglobaley.Onendingheriionandabouttoleave,Medusawassuddenlyhitwithastrange,unexpinableforeboding.Itwasasifshewasbiddingafinalgoodbyetothesefamiliarsurroundings,insteadofjustmakiinenightlycheckupaswasher.Tohavethisstraurbingpremonition,especiallyonthis