Book2:KigdomIteDreams

Megginn’sirickedbythenameofhernotoriouspredecessor.“Ihaveneverseenher,butIhavereadherbusinesspnsandherentsandinstrusonofficialdots,andreallyadmireherquidandresolutea.ShemustreallyhavebeehelptotheKingdom.ButIheardthatforsomereason,KingDimitriorderedherexecution.Ihaveaskedhimaboutthisrepeatedlybutheseemedtobeunwillingtodiscussit.”Aishadidnotanswerher,butkeptongazingfixedlyatMegginn.Inhermind,shesawagainthegeousandalluringformofIleen.Thoughbothofthesebeautieswereverybeautiful,Ileenwaslikearose,thornyandprickly,whileMegginnwaslikeamagnifitpeony,naiveandartless.Onewaswickedandviciousasaserpent,whiletheotherstillretainedherchildlikeinnoce.Thesayinggoes,“People’sihoughtsareasdifferentastheirexterna