INT. - THE NIGHTSHADE LEAGUE - NIGHT

Margot DanAllart strode with fury pushing her high-heeled feet faster and faster down the long, wide corridor. She barely noticed those she passed who stopped in their tracks to bow to her, to show her reverence. They didn't matter, not when she was faced with one of the most dangerous games of her life.

She heard his voice before she even entered the council chamber, the echoing, rumbling charisma Gideon Orter was famous for sending ...