Estate

They drove all night. They all wanted as far away as possible. Viktor made a wide bend around Berlin and steered the car further north-east. Since the United States of Europe was founded in the 2020s, there have been no national borders within Europe, so it has moved forward quickly and without stopping. Since they could not trust either the council or its allies at the moment, they had to rely on personal clusters. 

Viktor, who was born in Konigsberg in 1695, had made and fostered many useful friendships over the centuries. The first thing that occurred to us was a friend from his youth who, with his wife and children, had withdrawn from the political events around the Elevender at the end of the 18th century. He had previously been a council member of the Legion, and when he retired from active service because of his mate, his counterpart, Viktor had recommended Markus as his successor. Ezekiel would certainly not have considered the young, cold, opaque man on his own