A roar rattles down stalactites, them crashing into mounds of gold and jewels. Shielding her head, the princess glares at the cavern entrance where Dragon blocks out the sun.
Heat billows against her as Dragon blasts a warning shot of flames into the sky. She nears his slick, black torso and peers around a leg like a tree trunk.
The knight below has hair that gleams and a wolf at his side. A scar runs across his face and unlike the others, she feels there's something different about him.
Their eyes have an electric meeting.
"Leave this place!" Dragon bellows, smoke pouring from his nostrils.
The knight freezes, but her heart drops when he turns to stalk away, wolf at heel.
Dragon curls his head down to gaze at her, "My gem... the unworthy trash is gone."
She squints at where the knight disappeared into the forest and says defiantly: "You know he's coming back."
Dragon snarls, yellow eyes sharp. He rages into a pile of gold and his voice rumbles around the cave: "Let him try!"
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The Eternal Return
Short StoryA collection of speculative short stories and flash fiction. A few of these are also posted on my blog and others still I wrote in creative writing classes or for flash fiction contests. Please, let me know what you think.
