Within ninety seconds of the final shot, the Royal Opera House was bathed in brilliant, blinding light as the auxiliary generators powered back on. The grand crystal chandelier illuminated the stage in radiant, crystalline splendor. From the backstage corridors and front-of-house exits, thirty heavily armed officers from the Metropolitan Police Tactical Firearms Command, accompanied by Scotland Yard detectives and Crown Syndicate forensic teams, flooded the theater. Under the direct, public…
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