Sometimes, she wondered if James's obedience was out of pure fear of her or out of desire or both or more... But most of the time, she just appreciated that he was compliant despite them not having the bond of blood. Although she treated him occasionally, Rook was the one that kept him alive, as it were. Not that James would be poor off should he lose his source of blood. For now. Any longer and they'd have to have a discussion about that too.
She reached out and took his hands as he settled next to her. "I need to talk to you about that little bitch that commented on your post," her words were laced with venom but it was clear that it was meant for the other Kindred. "You know that we wouldn't treat you so cruelly as to discard you like that - let alone destroy you, yes?" Not unless he betrayed them but that was highly unlikely. James was about as loyal as you could get without him actually being a canine.