Kingdom Keepers III Dinsey in Shadow by Ridley Pearson

Author:Ridley Pearson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2011-02-01T23:22:39.554000+00:00

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Finn walked calmly and steadily across the short distance to the back wal of the gift shop. He forgot about Amanda, he forgot about Wayne; he pictured the light of the train in the tunnel, wheatgrass blowing in the wind, a sailboat on the water, al things tranquil and gentle.

His hands and feet tingled, the sensation spreading up and down to meet somewhere in the center of his chest, near his heart, from where he felt a wonderful y peaceful swel of satisfaction and pleasure.

He walked straight through the cinder block wal , through a desk and a chair, arriving in an office space at the back of the gift shop. The shelves were neatly stocked with boxes and plastic bags crammed with items to replace al those sold out front. There was a computer terminal on the desk, a stapler, a phone. A Disney picture calendar hung on the wal alongside several cartoons that had been cut from the newspaper and a newspaper column titled “No Glass Slippers for This Little Princess.” Post-its hung from everywhere like ornaments from a Christmas tree. Along the wal by the door was a steel cabinet tal er than Finn divided in half by a big door on the left and two smal er doors on the right, the lowest of which bore the title: LOST AND FOUND.

Finn proudly approached the locker and tried the lever: locked. He jiggled it several times to no avail. Next, he tried the desk’s center drawer, hoping for the key to unlock the lost and found: locked. In fact, every desk drawer was locked. He searched for a nail or hook where the keys might have been hung or hidden: nothing.

He knew he could reach through the metal locker door, but to do so he would have to be in al -

clear, while to touch and pick up the fob he would have to be out of his al -clear state. He couldn’t even imagine the pain of losing his al -clear state while his arm was divided by a piece of steel.

Besides which, the fob had not crossed over with him—it would remain ful y material whether in his hand or not. Only items the DHIs held in their hands or carried in a pocket when they went to sleep achieved the DHI state; the locker door would need to be opened so Finn could remove the fob.

But to make sure he had the right place, he kneeled on the floor, settled himself, and stuck his head through the door and into the locker. His DHI’s glow shone enough light for him to see several cel phones and cameras, a sweatshirt—and the smal black fob. The Return. He backed out of the locker before his own frustration removed his al -clear state and the metal bit into his neck.

So close, he thought, wondering if there wasn’t something to be done. How could he just leave it there? He tried another search of the place,

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