Two hours later, the group had adjourned to the sitting room. Mike and Marina were curled up on one couch while Ruth and Koorgan sat on the other. Gant and Ashure sat in the chairs across from them. Koorgan listened as Ashure and Gant talked quietly about the different kingdoms.
“The only one I have yet to visit more than once is the Isle of the Elementals. They are a strange species,” Ashure was saying.
“My parents disappeared on a visit there,” Koorgan said without thinking.
Ashure turned and looked at him with a frown. “I assumed they had given over the kingdom to you so they could travel. When did this happen?” he inquired.
Koorgan shrugged. “Shortly after the Great War ended – after the dragons were turned to stone,” he replied.
“The Isle of the Elementals rose above the seas dur
