Chapter 14: Merethyl

“Your cave of treasures? What does that even mean?” I ask him.

The feeling in this space if more earthen than anything I’ve felt since I left home. Our elven lands also had this feeling of the purity of the earth. I close my eyes, breathing it in, taking strength from the objects around us.

“Dragons love their treasure. All dragons, not just me. Although, based on our element, what we determine to be treasure is probably different. I draw my treasures from the earth and bring them here.”

I walk around, amazed at the pure energy that is pulsing around me. There are minerals and gemstones everywhere, all still in their pure form. I reach out to touch a particularly large piece of gold, one that is almost half the length of my body, but I think twice.

Avani said that dragons love their treasure. That means that this is a special place for him and that he would be protective of it.

“Money is not precious to me. Lives and the earth, those things are precious to me. Your life is preciou