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Lizzy continued ,"Elizabeth was always a lovable and kind person since her                                                             WHAT IF’-A DIFFERENT POSSIBILITY
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                 childhood. She was everything a girl would want to be - beautiful , kind                                                                         HUNGRY FOR POWER

                 hearted , caring and friendly. Her parents dearly loved her. She was their
                 only child and that's how all the property they owned was tagged to her.                                               This is the twentieth century and we just witnessed the absolute chaos

                 The only condition was that the property would be transferred to her only                                              in the streets of Berlin.The people have lost their trust in their

                 after both of her parents' death.                                                                                      dictator.They are struggling with food and labour shortages. The
                                                                                                                                        dictator ,Hitler has let them down, who is the epitome of destruction
                 " I started listening more intently. " Elizabeth was married to a young and                                            and chaos all because of his belief in the right to supremacy of the

                 handsome bachelor. He seemed to be the most eligible gentleman for her.                                                Aryan race, and his need for control over the world.In the WWI,the

                 But little did she know that her beautiful life would turn into a miserable                                            central powers(Italy,Germany, Austria-Hungary)had declared war

                 one. Everything started to go wrong in her life. She was treated well only                                             against the entente powers(France ,Russia,Britain).

                 till the sudden demise of her parents. " I interrupted ,"I see. So her new                                             The possibility of victory for the central powers was high but that plan

                 family was only behind her assets. Maybe that's what angered her." Lizzy                                               was thwarted by the entry of the USA in the war.Hitler was one of the

                 added ,"Not only that but also... well I won't spoil the story for you. Read it                                        many people in Germany who were angered and disappointed by the
                 yourself. It's sad that a person as good as her had to seek revenge.                                                   way Germany had surrendered.Not only had Germany suffered financial

                                                                                                                                        losses and had to pay for the reparations but they also had to give
                 " I became even more curious to know it all but the lady's house was                                                   away some of their land as punishment.So Hitler rose to power and

                 round the corner and so she asked me to pull over the car near the                                                     decided to take over the world. But the country of Germany was facing
                 turning. The rain had mellowed down. She got down the car. She started to                                              possible defeat again due to the mistakes made by Hitler. The leaders of

                 walk away but my curious question came out from my mouth. I asked her                                                  Russia and America who had initially come together to fight the evil

                 how she knew so much about Elizabeth. Giving me a decent smile , she said                                              dictator, broke their alliance as a young aspirational leader took over

                 ," Well , my nickname is Lizzy. But my official documents still hold the                                               the land of Russia and made a secret pact with Germany. With the help
                                                                                                                                        of Russia ,Germany finally escaped the clutches of defeat and rose to
                 name as Elizabeth Whitlock." Startled , I could feel chills run down my                                                power to rule the world.

                 spine. I now knew why The Dark Revenge was not a work of fiction.

                                                                                                                                          Germany hadn’t imagined for a moment that Russia was going to stab
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                                                                                                                                        them in their backs.Ferdinand,the leader of Russia conspired to kill

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                                                                                                                                        Hitler.On the night of celebration, 16 september 1945,Hitler was
                                                                                                                                        poisoned to death after he drank the wine gifted to him by Ferdinand
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