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Warlord Jorik, 8 Months Later - Planet Latiri 4, The Labyrinth
Clinging to the side of a rocky cliff by my fingertips, I glanced at the other three Warlords doing the same. With a nod to indicate we should all move, I did something I never thought I would do. As the Hive’s new Hounds raced along the base of the rocky ravine, I hid. I crawled into the darkest recess of the highest cave and climbed deep into the black interior so even the Hive’s drone scanners wouldn’t be able to find me. I knew the other Warlords had done the same.
They were strangers to me, brothers who had been kept in cells separate from mine. I knew them only by their screams. But they fought. I knew they resisted the Hive with every breath in their bodies. They were warriors, and when I broke free and destroyed th
