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Dragons

We’d had a plethora of dragon shifters back in the day, all of noble blood All tasked with protecting the kingdom But only one of them had routinely stopped me in my tracks

He had been h he was raceful So sleek and beautiful His roar had sent a shock throughme to heed his call I still, to this day, had never felt anything quite like it

Every single person would stop and gawk as he passed over the village They would stand transfixed, just like I used to, their ht

The dragon prince Heir to the throne

He’d do us all proud, they’d said He had aical world

And then everything had co down

Ru’s deal with the deh I couldn’t remember the cause, if I’d ever known

Next cas—the curse

In through the door to the house, I deposited my books on the table and took the food to Hannon He carim expression

“How is he?” I asked

He shrugged, taking the sack and heading to the kitchen “Hanging in there”

“He just needs tounder the sun I a that works”

He nodded, setting the groceries on the counter “I know you will It’s just hard, all of this”

“Life is hard, but we’ll make do” I patted his back “Are the kids still at the schoolhouse?”

“They asked that we stop calling them kids, and yes, they are”

“Fat chance,” I uess what I heard today?”

“What’s that?”

“Jedrek is ready to marry!”