Chapter 1: Introduction
Scrooge McDuck was a man used to getting his way, but tonight he was particularly eager. The scent in the air alone had already made his temperature rise, and judging by the nervous shifting of the man in front of him, he knew he had already won.
Donald Duck hesitated on the threshold. The soft murmuring sounds of half-drunken patrons, the flickering shadows of orange and yellow dancing across the floor, and the smell of expensive liquor couldn’t mask the unmistakable scent of arousal in the air.
Scrooge McDuck, sitting alone at the grand mahogany bar of his private speakeasy, indulged himself with the thought of securing his latest conquest. His eyes glittered as he watched Donald Duck shift uneasily on his feet, looking at the room of opulence with the same unease that Scrooge always managed to evoke in him.