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 a chill down her back that had nothing to do with attraction. Though he'd tried with all his attention for years to influence her, she was too much a Nightshade to fall for such parlor tricks as the charismatic charm of a dervish. Even one as pureblooded and powerful as him.
She felt the frustration in him as she stormed
