Chapter 25: Moonlit Festivities

The celebration was epic.

Clove and Ike were escorted by Elders to a private bathhouse deep inside the temple, where the two scrubbed off the thick amounts of dragon’s blood from under their skin and nails. They were brought sparkling wine by the bottles, and heaps of expensive, exquisite food. Once they were clean, the two feasted in a natural hot spring outside the temple by a lush garden.

Ike dangled a grape bundle over Clove’s mouth, and she nibbled one grape for each of Ike’s questions about herself that she answered.