"The only thing to his benefit is that no one's actually killed him yet," Brooke said darkly. "Though clearly what's beneficial to him is unfortunate for the rest of us," she added, unable to stop herself. "Selene," she said, then, offering the woman a curtsy. Brooke's eyes glittered with a mixture of annoyance and curiosity. Selene was one of the few who explicitly hadn't been invited to that night's soiree. That she'd gotten past all of the security irked Brooke. "What an unexpected surprise." Personally, Brooke was having flashbacks to Sleeping Beauty.