Eric Mann sat in his two-story "mansion" on the edge of the capital city, inside his living room in a comfortable chair. House arrest. When he got out, he would appear by all accounts to be quite innocent of his accused charges... Yet, the Council was now suspicious of him...
Just like he wanted.
It was quite the genius plan, after all. If they were suspicious of HIM, they would never notice the real authority at play. Phase two of the operation would begin soon. He had been told six months ago that Phase One would end with his own arrest. Now, he saw what was going to happen. The pieces were all lining up quite clear.
He knew what he was going to have to do.
And he knew how he was going to have to do it.
Phase two would begin soon, but for now, he had to play innocent. Everything was going just as planned...
