First Mission: A Middang3ard Series (Dragon Approved Book 5) by Ramy Vance & Michael Anderle

Author:Ramy Vance & Michael Anderle [Vance, Ramy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-02-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

By the time Alex and Jim got back, the rest of the dragonriders were ready to go. Four of the mech riders had arrived and loaded up the minerals. It was explained to Alex that the mech riders rode in prototype mechs based on dragon physiology. The mech tech hadn’t worked out as originally planned, and these were really only good for transportation.

Roy was the only rider who had managed to “meld” with his mech, whatever that meant. Alex got the gist of what was being said, though. Since they didn’t have proper reaction times, the mech riders were sitting ducks in the air, and Jim was one of them.

As well as the mech riders, six more dragonriders had arrived. They were veterans and didn’t seem to have any time to waste talking to the newbies. Alex tried not to take it personally. The veterans probably thought Team Boundless would need babysitting.

One of the veteran riders, a wood elf named Alborn, stood atop his dragon, a beautiful purple lightning dragon with white horns curled like a ram’s. “All right, Team Boundless, I’m glad you’ve finally decided to join us.”

Alex ignored the irritation in Alborn’s voice as she mounted Chine. “Seems like we were the ones who were waiting around for you to show up,” she called back. “You missed the fire and everything. Or did you not bother to ask Rocten?”

Alborn’s eyes narrowed as he frowned at Alex. “I see respect for seniority doesn’t mean much to humans.”

“No, not really. And last time I checked, dragonriders are equal across all boards, right? It’s not like you outrank us, so you should probably stop talking to us like you do. Boundless? You guys ready to go?”

Team Boundless stared at Alex, dumbfounded. None of them had been expecting her to talk back to the veteran riders. Earlier, Brath and Jollies had been fawning over them.

Alex wasn’t impressed by the veterans. It wasn’t that she thought she was better than them; quite the opposite. As far as Alex was concerned, the only respect you should give to people was what they gave to you. Life was that simple.

There was a reason Alex was a dragonrider, and now wasn’t the time to pretend she had gotten in by mistake. Manny, Myrddin, and her parents believed in her, and more importantly, she believed in herself. If Alborn wanted to talk trash, he could suck it.

Team Boundless was going to get the mission done. She didn’t need to be on good terms with every dragonrider for that to happen.

Alex double-checked her coordinates, linked up with Chine, and took off for the skies. She hit her comm and patched into the mech riders. “You might want to head up with us,” she suggested. “We need to make sure we have you guys surrounded in case something happens.”

The rest of Team Boundless took to the air, along with the mech riders. Alex moved to the front of the formation and said, “Guys, I think taking a five-point position will work best.

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