Princess Rescue Inc by Chris Hechtl

Author:Chris Hechtl [Hechtl, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Amazon: B00F0RCSYE
Goodreads: 18602194
Publisher: Chris Hechtl
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Ryans stared, watching the titan beasts amble up the road. They were big, bigger then a bull elephant with six legs instead of four. They were long and stocky, longer then a tractor with a trailer, it was insane seeing something like that in real life. Each animal was decked out in a harness and multiple riders. The lead one nibbled at the foliage around it with its beak. He shook his head and made his way around to the back carefully. The last thing he would need was to be kicked by one of the damn things.

If it was eating foliage it either had a stomach ache or it wasn't one of the fabled Titans Perry had mentioned. He'd seen a few in the royal stables of course but kept his distance from them. rhinotrikes indeed.

“Supply train in I see,” Princess Deidra said catching up to him. He turned to see she had exchanged her court dress for a more modern outfit. It was brown, and from the looks of it new. Most likely an imitation of the outfits the Terran’s were wearing. It looked like modern gaijin fashion was starting to filter into the daily lives of the rich and famous more and more now that the new looms were coming online. He smiled politely to her.

“Aren't you out of uniform princess? Not to mention perilously close to flouting your mother's law,” he teased. She blushed. It was surprising to see her blush; she normally wore a great deal of makeup as well. She had kept her newly repaired tiara though. That and her belt and jeweled dagger. “Looks good on you,” he said smiling again, catching some of her blush as she ducked away to examine the carts. Men and material were being unloaded from each.

“Impressive,” he said watching one cart loaded with nearly fifty tons of gear being unloaded. Giant war lizards hissed behind them. He turned to see a quartet under a tree. They seemed to be fighting over a carcass.

Deidra looked. “They're downwind, fortunately, or the bos Titans would be spooked,” she observed. She shook her head. He studied the lizards. The royal castle had a few of course; each knight had one instead of the classic Clydesdale of Terran medieval history. Each of the centaur creatures had the four legs and two arms normal for natives of this world. They were lithe and lean, with two grasping hands instead of the usual feet. It was weird seeing something the size of a T-Rex chomping so close. Some had horns, others didn't. They had crests and cat like eyes.

He shook his head. “Just when you think you've got used to things,” he chuckled. She blinked at him. His people had been turning everyone's world upside down for the past several months and he... and then she smiled catching on. They ducked as a shadow passed overhead. He looked up to see a massive six winged pterosaur fly by. It climbed into a thermal and then dived toward the animal pens nearby.

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