The Long Awaited Answer

At the estate house in Istanbul, Christina was in her bedroom, a telephone wedged between her ears and shoulder as she spoke to someone important on the phone.

"So? Is everything going as intended?" Alexander asked and without much of a pause for thought, Christina hummed a reply.

"It's going as intended, brother. The Sultan is considering it but he has to talk about it with his ministers. I'm sure the prospect would be tempting for a country that needs growing to catch up with the Europan powers." 

"I can vouch for that. It is still not too late for the Anatolia Empire to redeem themselves as one of the major powers to be reckoned with." 

"It will be a challenge if they are still messing around," Christina chuckled.