"Who bestowed upon you the powers you use?" interrogated Selena, the council Head overseeing North America.
"It was bestowed upon me by a sister witch named Nadia whose life was claimed during the battle between the Nicolli and Raven clan after I saved her daughter's life," lied Sabrina without blinking. She was standing on shaky ground, just a mistake, and these people would vaporize her on the spot.
As expected the war between those two vampire clans had been so great that Selena took up the case herself. Other times, her overlord Gazia would have taken care of this situation. However, it seems they had woken up from their slumber and tightening their defense.
The place was sort of a gathering room with a throne in which Selena sat, while Gazia was seated beside her on a lower step and a chair less magnificent than hers and bluish fluorescent bulbs lighting the arena.