Amadeus couldn't help the smile that developed as Sthelada pointed out that she was not a political being. That was the thing about any of his Hounds. None of them were. They didn't need to be when he himself was so adept at doing so. He needed them for their personal skills, not their ass-kissing abilities. "I think you'll find yourself in good company among the other Hounds. The only one who often finds himself pulled into court matters is Ariel and that's more because of his personal connection to me."
Ah. Kjell. "Not exactly. He didn't let me know he was leaving when he did." Which was a common trend at the time wasn't it? Even Leo hadn't bothered but Amadeus knew there that the Brujah had gone crawling back to the lover who had tossed him aside and had only wanted him back after Leo laid eyes on a new pretty Malk. "I am inclined to believe that it was for personal reasons. I have no reason to believe that anything notorious happened to him—other than becoming the obsession of a Toreador and not being able to handle it."