Chapter 46 - 46: Plans for the year of 1906

As the year turned from 1905 to 1906, the bells of Berlin rang out across the frozen capital.

Their iron voices rolled over rooftops, across courtyards, through narrow alleys where chimney smoke curled like ghostly ribbons into the winter sky.

Above Unter den Linden, fireworks burst in brilliant sprays of red and gold, scattering sparks over the grand boulevard and flashing against the glittering glass of shopfronts. The air smelled of gunpowder, roasted chestnuts, and the crisp bite of deep winter.

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