A Warning

DAPHNE

Tears streak down my cheeks as I weep next to the fountain.

Isabel!

"Aquini!" I shout. "Where is the Valley of Great Rest?"

She tilts her dew drop-like head, "'Tis beyond the Waterfall and down the Waking Rapids."

"I must go there," I say, standing on shaky legs.

Aquini quivers wi...