The Beginning of the End: A Middang3ard Series (Dragon Approved Book 11) by Ramy Vance & Michael Anderle

Author:Ramy Vance & Michael Anderle [Vance, Ramy & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-05-17T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Boundless arrived back at the base within the hour. They wasted no time entering the atmosphere after their battle with the Dark One. No one had talked during the entire ride back. Alex was glad. She didn’t want to have to explain the conversation she’d had with the Dark One to the rest of the team while Vardis was near.

Nor did Alex want to address how what the Dark One had said affected her. She had been strongly interested in his promises of power, and she still wasn’t sure if that desire had come from her or the Dark One’s manipulations. If he was such a strong telepath, could he use mind control without her realizing it?

That train of thought made Alex feel like she was trying to run away from the truth. She knew the Dark One used technology to control the minds of his victims. By now, that was common knowledge in the war for Middang3ard.

But the truth didn’t rest easy in Alex’s mind: she had wanted the power the Dark One had promised.

When the dragonriders landed at the base, they were taken to the debriefing room. When the soldiers came to escort Alex and the rest of the riders to their debriefing, Vardis stepped between them. “No,” he said, “We need to talk.”

Alex could see no traces of emotion in Vardis’ eyes, but she caught everything in his mind. It wasn’t quite anger; that was too vague. The closest comparison was the time her parents had accused her of sneaking desserts from the fridge and punished her, only to find out later that her father had forgotten he’d eaten them all.

Anger mixed with betrayal mixed with mistrust. Alex had no idea what Vardis had to mistrust. The riders had done exactly what they said they were going to do: escort him to pick up the weapon and bring it back to Earth. The only thing Alex could think of was that Vardis wasn’t happy about the conversation she’d had with the Dark One.

Then Vardis opened his mouth and proved her right. “Do your commanding officers know you spoke directly to the Dark One? To one of the most powerful psychics in all the realms?”

Alex tried to meet Vardis’ gaze with as much indifference as his eyes betrayed while focusing on her emotions, making sure they weren’t broadcasting as strongly as Vardis’ were. “My commanding officers are about to find out that I did because I’ll tell them, just like I did the rest of you. I don’t have any secrets from them. Do you?”

Vardis’ emotions shut down; he was like a closed book now. “I’ve been nothing but straightforward with all of you. I hope the mishap on the moon won’t tarnish our working relationship in the future.”

Jim and Gill had already walked away, but Alex could hear Brath muttering under his breath. “Mishap? Is that what he’s calling nearly getting us all killed?”

Jollies said, “Everyone makes mistakes. And he said someone hacked into his defense program.

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