Writing Snippets

She stared at the enormous beast. Scales like liquid gold, a head big as the officers horse, teeth longer than her hand. Jade Flower couldn't suppress a sob. Princess or not, Lung would eat her, raw and alive. Her mother had been right. Marrying the foreign chief would have been the better choice.
Hot breath touched her face. Breath which smelled like ... peppermint. Not at all what she had expected. These animals were carnivores. What the ... Did that mean he ate his meat spiced with peppermint?

So why do you smile?
You reminded me of someone. Someone I knew before.
Someone you loved?
Someone I hated.
So, why did you smile?
I thought, maybe I should have given him another chance. Maybe it could have turned out differently had we loved each other more. I thought, maybe this time my love wouldn't change to hate.
Did it?
She smiled again and kissed him.

Suzie looked after the huge man who just sauntered out the door. This had to be Jeff. She didn´t remember how she had gotten inside his house, but inside she was, feeling comportably warm in front of the blazing fire, and comfortably safe. Actually she had felt safest when he held her in his arms... What was she thinking? She was a married woman, and Daniel... what about Daniel? How could she have forgotten about him even for a moment?

The dragon watched the woman. She knelt in front of the aerie´s glass front, looking into a dark bowl.
"Nothing!"
Her frustrated groan was accompanied by a scraping sound as the dragon moved his heavy body.
"I knew we should have used more virgins blood!"
"Virgins, always virgins," muttered the dragon, "why can´t you just use plain cow blood or such?" She got up and faced the dragon. Her open cloak revealed a body clad in black lace. The only spot of color besides her lips was a priceless gemstone in form of a dark red rose between her breasts. Her hood covered the upper half of her face, so that her eyes were virtually invisible. For human eyes, that is. The dragon saw fully well that she glared at him. Eyes as colorless and cold as ice. Her voice was even colder than her eyes.
"Do you want me to find the hidden treasure or not?"
"Yeah,” mumbled the dragon, “of course I want the gold, but..."
"No but. I need more virgin blood, fresh blood, and a lot of it, otherwise the spell won´t work!"
"Hrrrmmpg," grumbled the dragon and turned . "Well, I´ll go and fetch you some virgins."
"And remember not to eat then, not even partially- I need them alive!"
The dragon left the room. If the color of his tail was any indication of his mood, he was furious. The woman´s lips hinted at a smile. A very cold one.