All this went through my head again as we approached the Crystal Palace. Elfi sat in a basket thing strapped to the beasts back and behind a wind shie...d.I began to like the ride, the wind tugged at my cape and I wondered if real warriors flying those beasts in the days of old would have worn stupid capes. I imagined how it would have been when the Saran tribes fought wars sitting on huge birds and these Ammutherathi. I wondered how someone would get the idea to ride something like that in the. She was quiet, just giving me a brief kiss and telling me that she was going to go shopping before I went into the bedroom to get some sleep.As soon as I heard her leave the house I went into her sweater drawer. The slip of paper was right where she had left it the night before, and I quickly memorized the address before returning it to its hiding place. Since Saturday was still several days away, this would give me time for a scouting expedition.I wasn't sure how she was going to get me to. "I know I can't stop you foolish men,so I will pray for your safe return and wish you good luck," he said whenwe passed him.As we were experienced cave explorers we knew how to mark our way, so wecould find our way out when we needed to. The narrow passage-ways leadedus down along underground rivers and streams. Sometimes the scary cavesand passage-ways spooked the hell out of us. We were glad that we didn'tbring our girlfriends with us as we then would never find our goal asrats, spiders and. But I would never go back. I wouldn't change a thing.I ran my finger over the glass above the dedication as I read. The wordswere nearly identical to the other two dedications I'd received earlier."Presented to Sarah Carerra," I read quietly but aloud. "To commemoratethe sale of more than..."My breath caught in my throat. What followed was not what I expected."Two million?!" I yelled in astonishment, my gaze darting up forclarification from Scott. He was beaming his smile at me again. I feltthe.