The turn suddenly turned into a half-roll, and Taryn and Arturia better have good grip on her because her wings twitched and retracted, and the small red dragon dropped beneath the flame, wheeling sideways and over. Lleld could feel the heat beating against her scales; any closer and that would have been a righteously painful hit for her, and perhaps even deadly for her passengers.

This wasn't like the petty drakes and their riders. Those hit and run tactics, while annoying, weren't all that dangerous to something faster and more agile than them. Brute power like this, however, could be a bit trickier, especially if it was applied in large mass.

I hope you've been working on your aim, Taryn... the dragon set her jaw with a soft growl and righted herself as quickly as she could, swooping back in to her position.