The flickering candlelight casting eerie shapes on the walls.

A man with a sinister grin playing on his lips.

REX
(proudly)
You did well, General Luke.

he said with his voice a slithering whisper of dark triumph.

LUKE
“Anything for my majest—”

Luke’s words were abruptly cut off by a door suddenly SLAMS open, startling both of them. A woman storms in,

LADY ELISE
(shouting)
How could you trust him? Don’t you see what a danger—

Rex’s smirk falters for a brief moment before he masks his annoyed face with icy calm.

REX
(interrupting, coldly)
Whom you are referring to , Mother?

LADY ELISE
(spitting out the name)
Nate Silverstone! ...