Necropolis (42 page)

“It’s a pleasure to have you aboard, sir,” Folik said to Gaunt. “You being the People’s Hero and all.”

“Are you sure you’re not getting me mixed up with someone else?”

“I don’t think so. You’re Commissar Gaunt, aren’t you?”

Gaunt nodded. He looked back across the Hass at the dead ruins of Vervunhive. They continued to burn in the low, morning light.

He took the shattered petals of the metal flower Dorden had cut out of his flesh and cast them out across the water.

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