If it was a vision that Brooke had seen, she would have loved it beyond anything. Beyond everything. Her mother had been grooming her to be queen since she was a child - sure, it was to be queen of all of the united Hellfire Clubs, but if she could ascend to something more...

Brooke blinked. She'd sensed a shift somewhere within him - what it was, she couldn't put her finger on. Her powers weren't quite so fine tuned. But my, when he turned that smile onto her...

"This certainly isn't where I saw my day heading," she said lightly. She wasn't complaining, though.