Breath of the Dragon

Jun ground his teeth at the thought of having to sit through the lecture. “The boy was born under Dragon’s star,” Jun’s teachers used to say. She danced the part of Dragon’s consort, the Lady of Many Hands, ethereally graceful, her face perfectly composed in a mysterious, benevolent smile as she brought the Scrolls of Heaven and Earth down to guide humankind. Li Jun the Little Dragon!” bellowed the arena official. When he finally turned onto the Street of Blossoms he was nearly dead on his feet, but the sight of the garden and the covered walkway where he and Yin Yue had conversed at dawn yesterday morning lightened his dragging steps.