Blend and Defend

By Viola Grace

The pilots of Bot City have been focused on securing the safety of their people, and incidentally the human city, for the last few days.

With one final battle to expunge the Tokkel before they can try and get a foothold on Hera, the bot pilots are ready to take up the customized weapons and use them to show the alien invasion who is in charge.

Their goal is clear. They have to repel the Tokkel and learn the actual history of the valley as not one version of the tale has rung entirely true. The Nine have their version, the elders have their version, the city has their version, and then there is the truth. It is past time for the truth to be heard. The pilots have earned it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Apr 6, 2018
• ISBN: 9781487405830

Viola Grace

Viola Grace (aka Zenina Masters) is a Canadian sci-fi/paranormal romance writer with ambitions to keep writing for the rest of her life. She specializes in short stories because the thrill of discovery, of all those firsts, is what keeps her writing.An artist who enjoys a story that catches you up, whirls you around and sets you down with a smile on your face is all she endeavours to be. She prefers to leave the drama to those who are better suited to it, she always goes for the cheap laugh.

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Bot City is ready to rise. The weapons are ready, the aliens are coming, and the bots are ready for action, but what comes next?

The pilots of Bot City have been focused on securing the safety of their people, and incidentally the human city, for the last few days.

With one final battle to expunge the Tokkel before they can try and get a foothold on Hera, the bot pilots are ready to take up the customized weapons and use them to show the alien invasion who is in charge.

Their goal is clear. They have to repel the Tokkel and learn the actual history of the valley as not one version of the tale has rung entirely true. The Nine have their version, the elders have their version, the city has their version, and then, there is the truth. It is past time for the truth to be heard. The pilots have earned it.

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Blend and Defend

Copyright © 2018 Viola Grace

ISBN: 978-1-4874-0583-0

Cover art by Angela Waters

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Blend and Defend

Innate Wright Book 6

By

Viola Grace

Chapter One

Duel was leading Kabriuk to the elders’ conference chamber when she noted the flow of folk to the amphitheatre.

Kab, am I taking him to the right place?

Yes, Duel. The elders are arranging a briefing for the valley before we go to war. You are still to go to the conference chambers. I believe they want to confine the males to the chambers during the briefing.

Duel groaned. They are going to lie to the population.

Probably. This is not the time to discuss genetic heritage.

Ah. That was it. The members of the Nine wanted to speak to their descendants, but the confusion that would ensue would be a distraction. It was going to have to be dealt with clan by clan.

Who are you talking to?

She looked up at him and smiled. Kab. He’s chatty.

They named the bots after the donors of the AI print. He smiled slowly.

They did. Didn’t you know?

No, I was never introduced to my imprint. None of us were. The ladies were there and told us that it was successful.

I thought that the father of pilot Otta designed the bots and the AI casings.

No, it was his wife, Marya, who drew up the bots, and she did the calculations to use the imprint from our ship as a template. The ship was sacrificed in the early attacks, but we saved the main hard drive. I wonder what happened to her?

I will look into it once we are near a terminal.

He blinked. A terminal?

Sure. Your clan status determines what you can access, but we use them from the time we can walk and in everyday life.

May we access them?

She frowned. I think Nyvett would be able to set you up. She has administrative privileges.

She is Iffendro’s blood.

Correct.

He nodded as if he was putting her appearance into place in his mind.

Duel sighed and flexed her hands. Well, we are here.

She nodded to the security officers and moved between them, opening the door to the spot where the elders usually gathered to create special task forces. The room was nearly at capacity when Duel and Kabriuk stepped inside.

Lameera looked up from her desk, and she nodded, Right. Thank you, Duel, for your assistance. You can go now.

She paused, and Kabriuk grabbed her arm.

Kabriuk stated, I would like her to stay. There are nuances to your language that me and mine have trouble keeping up with.

Lameera looked at Duel, and Duel realized that she was the only pilot in the room. I can go.

Lameera shook her head. Stay. You can explain this to the pilots.

Lameera stood and looked at the men. "As we are hours from battle, we are not going to tell the population who you are. We wish to get through this with our