"Send Lynn a message. I don't want his casualty figures. Throw every Angel of Bliss into the fight. I only want Alicia!"
Staring at the holographic image before him, Hogg said nothing more. Bane, a Primarch Guard, sent the message.
Rather than take his own Blacklight, Hogg had handed his flagship over to Lynn. Instead, he had gone aboard Macragge's Honour to protect Guilliman, the useless kid with thin skin and a big belly.
He grabbed the still-living Callidus Assassin at his feet. Her body could change shape and unleash tremendous strength in an instant, but she was powerless in Hogg's hands, reduced to a lamb waiting for the slaughter.
He pried open her specially made mask with his claws. Looking at the beautiful face beneath it, Hogg licked his lips and bit her head off, then carefully searched the information contained in her brain.
"Ptooey! There's nothing here. She had memory-erasure surgery before coming. Aside from the fact that we're the targets, there's no useful information at all."
Hogg pulled out the now-useless skull. After a moment's thought, he spat the brain he hadn't yet eaten back into it, then stuffed a living tentacle inside and fitted it into the headless body.
As flesh bubbled, countless tentacles spilled from the assassin's body and reached for the broken limbs scattered across the deck. After clearing away every scrap, they returned inside her.
The nauseating sight made Guilliman frown. He looked at Hogg with helpless resignation and said:
"Brother, why don't you just go back? I can protect myself."
Hogg didn't indulge the useless brat. He kicked him, grabbed him by his little braid, and scolded him:
"Do you think I wanted to come protect you? I'm here to protect Lady Euten. Who knew you'd be this useless? I can't understand