Chapter 18: Ancalagon

I couldn’t believe it when Eliane ended up at the Academy. I had no idea that she knew where we were, but after listening to her, I realized that she not only knew where we had been this entire time, but she and Iniko had purposefully avoided us.

I didn’t want to believe it when she called him Iniko. I knew what it meant, but I had to hear it from her that he shifted and when she’d shown us her claiming mark, I felt like my entire world was crumbling around me.

Her anger, her hatred toward me was palpable. She thinks I left her to die, thinks that I haven’t searched for her. I need to tell her, explain to her that I have been searching for her from the beginning, but for now, she’s here asking for our help. I don’t want to save Iniko, my brother. He submitted to MY mate. Now she’s HIS rider. But I can’t deny that he’s my brother any longer. His mark is almost identical to the one that Merethyl wears from my father, only with Iniko’s image.

As we walk inside, I can feel that Eliane is b