VIII
Two Days Later, a telegram was delivered to Box Five. A simple acknowledgement of success, and the continued gratitude of his country. And, though they knew it not, the other Great Powers of Europe.
There would be no war this year.
More importantly, a dire threat was lifted. A certain American tycoon was no longer in any position to make good on his plan to buy the Paris Opéra outright and ship the building stone by stone to Chicago. Though Kane later claimed to authorities that he had been forced into the entire operation by The Face. Who was in reality, a German mastermind with plans to instigate a World War between France and Britain.
Beneath his mask, Erik really smiled.
