"That's a little beyond my ambitions at this point." She says it with a tired smile, seeing it for the joke but also seeing the suggestion in it. He might not believe she'll take it, not now, but she knows that if Cesare thought he could install Natasha in Redbright, he would be behind it in a moment.

She might not be part of a nest, but he'd definitely love to have a vampire installed in another position of power in London.

"I don't think the school is quite ready for that."