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Chapter 699 - No Safe Harbor

The golden chandeliers of the Palais Bourbon sparkled with ceremonial pomp, their brilliance refracted a thousand times in the gilded mirrors that lined the hall.

Outside, Paris simmered with uneasy calm, occupied, yes, but intact.

The flags of the Reich, the tricolor of a resurrected Bourbon France, and the black imperial eagle of the Romanovs fluttered side by side in the breeze.

At the head of the long polished table, Kaiser Wilhelm II sat erect in a chair too ornate for war council.

Despite his advanced age, he stood firm, strong, proud.

King Henry VI of France sat beside him, resplendent in his newly tailored uniform, looking every bit the monarch he had been sculpted to resemble, but far too silent to be anything more than a guest in his own land.

Bruno von Zehntner stood across from them, one hand resting on the table, the other gesturing toward the western flank of the large strategic map.

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