Chapter 17: Eliane

I have no idea what happened, no clue what Iniko saw in my mind that made him run away from me like that. I’d felt his pain, as if I’d stabbed him in his heart. I love him, I do. How would I even know if I loved him because of a mate bond or just because of who he is?

Then I’d heard his dragon’s lament begin. I’d felt every emotion he’d been feeling, agony, betrayal, regret, fear. Fear for what he'd done. That, more than anything, caused me to sob as I listened to him crying.

Then, something had happened, and it felt like he’d begun to numb our connection, like he did something so I couldn’t feel him any longer.

“Iniko!” I called out, hoping that he’d hear me, hoping that my call would bring him home. But it didn’t and not long afterward, I lost all connection to him and his emotions.

I cried myself to sleep, so horribly sad to have hurt my dragon like that, sad that I’m not what he thought I was. Hopefully, when he returns, we can talk about it so I can understand what I did wrong.

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