Everything Is Ready

Monday, September 5, 2011.

9:41 a.m.

On the outskirts of a city in central Germany, Brauchville Manor.

An utterly ordinary wooden box sat on the long table in the main hall.

Yet the item inside it could be called priceless.

Though it looked like nothing more than a small piece of metal.

Lara held it in her hand, utterly fascinated as she examined it for a long while, seemingly lost in it.

Even though she recognized at a glance that this was what she had been looking for, she still could not conceal her excitement.

Not until she sat...