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My heart threatened to explode, stomach tightening as adrenaline spiked my blood. Yet, I cajoled my feet to stay put, raising my fist to wrestle off an attack. They were little. Black dragons but little. They flew at Kreon as he dusted off his pants. The tightness in my limbs released with a quick suddenness much like a rope cut in half with a sharpened blade. Snapped within a heartbeat. Five children rushed out with the dragons and behind them was a graceful woman in alarming clothes and high shoes. “I almost touched the sun!” “I got halfway up the mountains, my lord!” “Hey, I know you! You were out with the princess yesterday!” I recognised the little boy from the dragon statue as he gripped my hand. The other kids crowded around the king, tugging at his pants as he stroked o