Black Tide by James Swallow

Author:James Swallow [Swallow, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

Kayne took point, leading the way down the canted ladder well, past the secondary level and into the engineering spaces. Reaching the reactor level, he stepped off and braced himself as the submersible shivered again. The impacts on the hull were coming thick and fast now, and he felt a mist of fluid raining down from a pinhole rent in the ceiling. The stream had a rusted, heavy smell to it; somewhere the outer hull had been breached and the Neimos was taking on water. He moved onward; wasting concentration on a problem he could not solve would sap his focus.

The warrior glanced over his shoulder and into the hooded eyes of the psyker. Ceris seemed to look straight through him, the crystal matrix of his psionic hood glowing faintly in the wet dimness.

Behind him, the Flesh Tearer Noxx was a shadow outlined by a flickering safety lume. “Look sharp,” said the sergeant. “This Mechanicus freak has dogged us for long enough, and I want him dead properly this time.”

“Aye,” said Kayne, with feeling.

Ceris spoke quietly, working the bloodstained alien jewel in his hand. “He’s close,” he whispered. “Can’t stop me from seeing into the web of connections. He’s killed, and liked it. Not just Beslian.”

“Mohl?” Noxx ground out the name.

“Yes,” said Ceris distantly. “He suborned your battle-brother’s sacrifice. Took him while he could not fight back.”

Even concealed behind the solid planes of his power armour, Kayne saw Noxx go rigid as the psyker spoke. He saw cold fury on the Flesh Tearer’s face, a strange kind of rage that never reached the man’s dead eyes.

“This way,” added Ceris, pointing past Kayne into a shadowed corridor.

Noxx nodded once. “When we find the core of this man,” he told them, “the killing blow is mine alone, understand?”

Neither of the Blood Angels disputed the order. Kayne stepped forward, and led the way into the gloom.

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