Space Wolf The Second Omnibus by William King

Author:William King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Library
Published: 2015-09-17T13:54:11+00:00

ELEVEN

A war raged in the city of Lethe between the Space Wolves and the Dark Angels. The ten thousand year-old distrust of these two founding members of the Adeptus Astartes was being exploited by the powers of Chaos.

Ragnar and Jeremiah were in unexplored territory. The mixed band of Space Marines was setting out to find Cadmus and bring him to justice, rescue Gabriella, and work out a way to bring this conflict to an end without sacrificing the honour of either of the proud Space Marine Chapters.

Torin, Haegr, Nathaniel and Elijah had just completed their search of the palace. There were no additional signs of Cadmus anywhere to be found. During their search of one of the communication temples they did, however, come across Tech-Priest Varnus. Varnus was monitoring several communication channels while directing his servitors to areas and equipment that needed to come to the assistance of the Adeptus Mechanicus. The tech-priest accompanied them, walking between Haegr and Torin, his scarlet robes lightly dusting the floor. With the exception of a few minor scraps and some fresh oil stains on his robe, he looked exactly the same as he had when the Wolfblade had first met him.

As the group approached the entrance to the command centre the heavy metal doors slid open as Ragnar and Jeremiah entered the corridor.

‘Ragnar, Jeremiah, allow me to introduce Tech-Priest–’ Torin began.

‘Varnus, it is good to see that you are alive.’ Ragnar’s surprise and relief were apparent. ‘We are in your debt. Had you not opened the blast door, Cadmus’s treacherous attempt to destroy us would have succeeded.’

‘Indeed, your plight seemed rather perilous. I’m sorry I could not have been of assistance sooner. It had only recently become apparent to me that the governor’s forces had been compromised.’ There were no emotional inflections in the tech-priest’s voice and his mechanically assisted breathing remained eerily rhythmic.

‘Compromised is an understatement. Cadmus is undoubtedly in the service of Chaos.’

‘Haegr will wipe his Chaos taint from existence,’ Haegr promised.

‘Yes, Haegr, we will, but first things first,’ Ragnar responded.

‘What could be more important than cutting out his treacherous heart?’ Haegr’s words revealed his simplistic perception of the universe.

‘I believe that Ragnar is talking about our newly landed brethren who are fighting and dying on the streets of Lethe,’ Torin said.

‘Perhaps I can be of assistance,’ Varnus interrupted. ‘Shortly after the Dark Angels began their assault, the Space Wolf patrol fleet commanded by Wolf Lord Berek Thunderfist arrived.’ Varnus paused as if checking his facts.

‘Yes they were the forces of Thunderfist. After several attempts by him to determine why they had quarantined Hyades, he was forced to engage the Dark Angels, and through a daring ship-to-ship engagement was able to deploy his forces. It was here that I discovered the treachery of Commander Cadmus. His troop deployments were not consistent with defending the city. He had removed his most experienced forces from the city, leaving his less experienced troops defending the brunt of the attack. That, combined with several communications between Cadmus and his storm troopers that I was able to monitor, forced me to take action.

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