Chapter 60: Ancalagon

I never knew that Eliane was jealous. I knew she was mad about Charlotte, but jealous? She’s never come across as jealous, not in her human form, anyway.

Jealous. I’m excited to get to know more about that. However, her next words have all that excitement going out the door.

“What do you want to know, Eliane?” I ask, trying to find a way around answering her question. I’m not sure I’m ready for whatever response she’s going to have for what I did.

“You’re weak. I want to know why. What did you do that caused you to need to rest, Cal?”

“You know that dragons can’t heal missing scales. Only an Alpha can do that,” I say carefully.

She turns and looks at me.

“How did you do it?” she asks, saying the words slowly and letting me know that she realizes that I’m avoiding her question. “Did you….did you take away your ability to fly?” she asks and her voice catches.

“No! No, I can still fly,” I say, wanting to reassure her.

“But not tonight?” she asks.

“You’re my rider, Eliane. If you want to f