Throughout Bruno's life, ever since he was a small child and started making waves in the world. There had been many who had sought to do him and his family harm.
Only through engineering a robust system to ensure their survival through a mixture of wealth, power, deterrence, and information had none of them managed to be assassinated thus far.
Even Karl-Franz, a former special operations commando working closely with Imperial German Military intelligence could not escape the ever watching eye of House von Zehntner's patriarch.
He had left without saying a word, and yet before he ever stepped foot on the maglev that connected Innsbruck to Paris, Bruno was already aware of where he was headed, and what he planned to do, more or less.
Likewise, he was also aware that at the same time, someone was headed to Innsbruck, and his palace. The red carpet had been laid out for her, so to speak, and now she was sitting in front of Bruno, the two of them sharing a crisp carbonated drink.
