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a Chosen for over a thousand
years, so you can imagine the excitement all over Aquadomina at your arrival.”
PAC’s voice was filled with enthusiasm when he said that part and then he
continued, “As to your question about the population of Aquadomina, the entire
Three Kingdoms total over one million people.” PAC sounded impressed that it
was such a high number.
    “Hold on. I am able to overrule The Three when it comes to the laws and
running of Aquadomina?” Sophie was in shock. The only people who ever paid
attention to her before were the children she had been nanny too. Their parents
hadn’t even listened to what she advised. How was supposed to rule one million
people?
    “Yes. You are The Chosen.” PAC sounded just like Raife when he said that.
    Sophie was looking at all the buildings flashing by and thought of
something.   “PAC please confirm that you
said the entire planet has one million inhabitants.” That number just didn’t
sound right to her. This planet was obviously massive from what she could see
of if flashing by, there had to be more than one million people.
    There was a pause and then PAC said, “The Three Kingdoms account for one
million inhabitants.”
    Sophie looked at the guards and noticed that they seemed nervous. She had
been a teacher for years and a nanny after that. She had the ability to know
when someone wasn’t telling the whole story. Suddenly suspicious she figured
there was more than one way to get a computer to talk. “PAC what is the
population for all of Aquadomina?”
Sophie stressed the word “all” so the computer would know she wanted a complete
number.
    The guards looked at each other and then to Raife. She wasn’t sure what
was going on, but the question had them on edge. Raife looked to her and was
about to say something when PAC beat him to it.
    “The population of all Aquadomina is currently unknown. The exact numbers
for the Fourth Kingdom are unknown to us and The Deviant population changes daily.
However, they accounted for about fifty-thousand as of the last census. The
numbers could be different by now.”
    Sophie sat in stunned silence for a second. The Three had said she would
rule over Three Kingdoms and now PAC was saying there was a Fourth Kingdom but
nobody included it. What was going on there? Furthermore, what did PAC mean by
“Deviant”? Before she could ask anything further Raife interrupted.
    “We have arrived at Castrum. PAC can answer further questions once we
have settled you in.” He motioned for her to look out the window.

 
 
 

Chapter
Four

 
    As they pulled up to a huge gated wall Sophie figured she was just going
to have to get used to having her mouth gaping open. They weren’t slowing down
and she was about to yell out when the Aquavi did something incredible. It
quickly submerged only to pop up on the other side of the wall.
    “What?” She was trying to turn around in her seat to look behind them,
“Did you see that?” She hadn’t even been able to get a good look at what was in
the water it had happened so fast.
    Raife had an indulgent smile on his face, “Yes. The Aquavi is the only
vehicle that can submerge under the wall. All others have to gain permission to
enter the grounds.”  
    She was taking that information in when the Aquavi started to slow and
she was able to see the grounds as they approached what could only be described
as some type of castle. Surrounding the main house were walkways and to her
utter delight, plant life. She had seen some flashes of color as they had
traveled. She just hadn’t been able to make out the blurs. Now she suspected
that it had been trees, or plants that had given off the color. There was
certainly a lot of it around Castrum. As they pulled up to the building, she
noticed that the outer walls seemed to be completely smooth. It reminded her of
two-way glass. You couldn’t see in, but from the inside, you could see out. She
asked Raife about that.
    “Yes. That is