Book1:TeDream-Maker
rechoedthroughthehall, "Bringiraitoress,Ileen!"Dirt-smeared,hairindisarray,Ileenwalkedin.Herbeautyshoinspiteofallshehadbeenthrough.SeeingKingDimitri’sdignifieddemeanorfromafar,shewassmotewithasenseofshame,sowhenshecamebeforethethrone,shekdown,headbowed. "Raiseyourheadandlookatme!"Dimitrianded.IleenlookedupandsawKingDimitri’ssternfacecoldasfrost,withnotraceofhisusualeasy-goinghumorandaffe.Hereyesturhebdwhitebeautiesbehindhimandagreenfireofjealedinherheart. "Whathaveyoutosay,Ileen?Whydidyoubetraymeagainandagain?Ifyougivemeonegoodreasonforyourcourseofa,Iwillpardonyou.”Ileenlookedbackathimantagonistically.Defiandangerobliteratedanyforherownlife.Loveisastrahing.Itbesweetashoneyoras