Thousandfold

Months passed in the blink of an eye, and the seasons with it. The autumn came and went, as did the winter that followed. Soon enough it was the spring of 1917, both the German Reich and the Russian Empire had entered a new state of prosperity. 

Industrialization had been in full swing in Russia, and the wealth it gained from the war was monumental. Bruno knew now was the time to make a move, to permanetly cement the alliance between Germany and Russia, and using his family as the glue that would do so. 

Eva had been promised to Prince Wilehlem of Prussai, the Grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the future heir to the throne. Elsa however was in her early teens and without a man to be betrothed to.