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Hi. I haven't been here in a while, but it's good to be back at Sneak Peek Sunday. If you comment I may not reply until much later.  1. we're renovating a room and have a pretty tight dead line. 2. It's the World Cup Championship game today. Bob, the Sloth, predicts Germany will win. Got to watch and see if the sloth is right. Although I don't have a preference for a winner, just - may the best team win and NOT in shoot outs.
Here is the prologue from my erotic medieval fantasy - WIP - Dragon Fire (plus 2 paragraphs from chapter 1 to get the required number of 6 paragaphs.



Prologue
All gazes fixed on the crimson glow of the embers. The light too feeble to ward off the soul-freezing sounds which drifted out of the woods. Weary travelers sat around a campfire with heads bowed and huddled deeper into their cloaks. Strangers to each other, but linked at this moment by the need for companionship and the illusion of protection.
The evening grew darker. Clouds blanketed the sky, erasing the stars and dulling the moonlight. A breeze rustled the leaves of the bushes. Or was it a breeze? Heads lifted and gazes searched into the darkness for danger. One of the horses tied to the trees reared its head, whinnied and stomped a hoof. The wayfarers pushed their hoods off their heads and peered past the startled beast. Two men reached for their swords.
A log dropped deeper into the fire and raised a shower of sparks. As the blaze settled, the travelers changed their focus back from the world outside the campfire to the one inside their thoughts. Silence fell once more on the huddled group.
A troubadour raises his hands toward the heat, clears his throat and lifts his voice. "The Legend speaks – in whispers – of a black dragon who flies in the dark of the moon. The heat of his breath will melt a man's soul and turn him against all that is good. The glow of his eyes will inflame a woman's loins, which can never be quelled. The lick of his fire kills you alive. Alive yet dead, never again to taste, touch, love or be loved. But, they say, there is a fearless prince. One with a strong sword who will end the curse of the dragon.


Chapter One
Hawkyns picked up his sword and ran the flat side of his blade across his breeches erasing the foul-smelling dragon blood. The night sky being moonless and cloudy and offering no light, he held it to his nose and sniffed, examining it for any last traces of foulness. Another dragon slain, but not the one for which he had searched for many months.Nox Noctis Incendia, a feared and vicious dragon, ravaged villages throughout the kingdom of Wealden by the Sea. Hawkyns had knelt before his father, the king, and sworn he wouldn't return until that dragon was defeated.
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