Chapter 29 - 29: Across Borders

By the time Oskar's train screeched into Berlin, the lamps along the platforms were already glowing dimly through a thick veil of winter smog. From the capital, a half-hour carriage ride delivered him toward Potsdam.

True to character, Oskar refused an escort and traveled alone—one giant prince hunched in a rattling carriage like a slightly oversized sack of potatoes wearing a military coat.

But the city around him distracted him from fatigue.

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