Chapter 28: Eliane

I was exhausted when I got back from searching for Iniko with Ancalagon all day. I was glad when Kaylani told me she’d already assigned me a room.

“I’m assuming you don’t have anything in the way of toiletries, right?” she asked.

“No. Umm, and I don’t have a way to pay for them either.”

“Oh, sweetheart, we’re dragons. You have so much to learn about how you are now, but just know that dragons collect treasure. There is no need for money here. Between the four elemental dragons and probably Ancalagon as well, I’m sure we could build fully stocked castles if we wanted to.”

“What kind of treasures?” I ask her.

She reaches out her hand as if she’s feeling for something in the air, and then she closes her eyes. I feel the ground wobble a bit underneath my feet before the ground opens up and a beautiful pearl is pushed up by a small water spout.

“Like this,” she says, taking the pearl off the water, and letting her water element drop.

“Wow!” is all I can say.

“You’ll get used to it, Eliane.