`` could you repeat that , please , my queen ? '' it was shea 's worst fear , that everything she 'd done in the last year was for nothing . `` it 's not funny , and i 'm not kidding . `` do you think she has wings like that angel i bought ? '' i could hear squeaks and squeals as i approached the room , and figured the parade past the rock stars had just begun . a line of trees appeared , breaking through the dirt with their jagged limbs . 