"One day, we will have our reckoning with the House of Xavier." Selene replied, twirling a glass of wine about. "Who's to know what shape exactly that will take ... but in the meantime, it is good to know what they're up to there. Fools though they may be, they're powerful fools and they've matched the Club before."

"He is essentially a politician. Fit to be humored by the real rulers of the world, not to be one of them. He serves his purpose for now."

Selene could appreciate that, though she'd learned at an entirely different set of classical educators.

"Your father's a man of taste. It's good to see him step out of his laboratory. It makes the world more interesting."

She wasn't stupid. Sinister was a potential rival and a very dangerous one. But that simply made things more interesting.