Omega Sanction

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The top of the castle wall looked like black teeth against the night sky, the space between the stone blocks where the soldiers of old had kept watch for approaching enemies. The castle was set on a small hill with a commanding view of the surrounding terrain for many miles. It had been built five centuries ago and rebuilt and added to many times over the intervening years.

The castle, around which the small German town of Bad Kinzen had grown, held a dark reputation. The people in the town rarely spoke of it openly. The SS had garrisoned a battalion in the castle during World War II, appreciating the high ground and the numerous stone rooms they could use to hold prisoners. In those rooms many Resistance fighters shipped from France had met their screaming deaths. In the rooms above the dungeon, young women had suffered their own shameful fate at the hands of the all-powerful SS. It was a subject rarely talked about among the elders in town except in whispers and after too much beer. The young didn't know the details, but they picked up the emotional drift and the castle held its own dark place in their minds.

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