"There are other avenues to influence and power. The Hellfire Club is very good at making itself seem like the easy way to success, but it will destroy you. Look what it did to my father. I'm not delusional enough to say that he was a good man, but I remember when he knew the importance of family and that true loyalty doesn't spring from terror.

We both know that whatever happens in the near future, what was vital, important, and worthy of real respect about Sebastian Shaw has been dead for a long time."

Stephanie paused for a moment. "I'm surprised that someone as morally ambiguous as you sees all this as such a black and white choice. There's always another way to go about things, even if it's longer and more difficult."