Chapter 58: Ancalagon

I knew what needed to happen to heal Iniko. And since I know that this is what my rider wants, I’ll do it.

I knew my father wanted to say something. He was the Alpha once, so he knows what it takes to heal a dragon whose scales have been ripped off. The only way to heal him is to give him mine.

Since he’s in his human form, I stay in my human form. I duck my head so Eliane can’t see how much pain it causes me to rip my own scales out of my body and insert them into Iniko’s. It's a mental transition and I have to feel past his human side to do it. I’m thankful that my scales are larger than his. I won’t need to replace as many as he lost. And in our human forms, she’ll only see that his skin is healing, not what it’s costing me to heal him. Who knows, maybe it wouldn’t matter to her how much it hurts me, as long as he is healed. She obviously loves him very much.

I feel my parents come to stand on either side of me. They push their healing power into me so that Elaine won’t smell the bl