The defender's butte turned out to have a rather extensive cave system, which had been found as they were building up the fortifications on each side of the defile they were camped in. Corvus had suggested that they move their camp "indoors", leaving some scraps outside. They had settled into the cave system, with the meeting room as a chamber in the conjoining "hallway" between the two arms forming the defile. Azkellon crossed to the cave area where the Raven Guard were staying. Both the Blood Angels and the Raven Guard were on rest periods, and this gave him the opportunity he had been waiting for: a chance to speak with Pryskella about how to be the perfect bodyguard to someone as headstrong as a son of the Emperor. He took his responsibility for the safety of Lord Sanguinius very seriously, but he wasn't blind. It was clear that Lord Sanguinius chaffed at Azkellon's tactics, and he wanted to make it better. "Hello, cousin," Branne Nev...
"Look what we found, guys!" Leman called the following morning, leading Dantioch's squad of Iron Warriors. "Roboute, isn't this the squad that was watching you?" "It was," Roboute said, nodding a greeting to Dantioch. "Warsmith." "Lord," Dantioch said politely. After a moment he chose not to say more, hoping to avoid giving himself away. "This wasn't our intention," the Lion said. "The plan was to leave you there, where you belong." "Lord Perturabo decided differently," Dantioch answered. "He cast us out for the duration of the war game." "I'm surprised you weren't sent back to your fleet and replaced with someone else," Rogal said. "We shouldn't be between you and your dropships." "You aren't," Dantioch said. "We wanted to preserve fuel, and Lord Perturabo didn't say we had to leave the planet." "T...