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Torston returns to court from a side room he smiles breifly at Felix before speaking.

"Let it be known that the city of Amsterdam has herby appointed the position of Scourge to Issac of Clan Malkavian and is thus granted all status owed to him. Secondly congratulations are in order for we have confirmed that Issac is a hereby a member of clan Malkavain and no longer considered a Catiff."

Cybele seems to appear out of a nearby shadow and glance around the room quickly before speaking.

"Um..I...I would like to join the patrol. I can keep to the shadows while keeping an eye out to make sure we are not ambushed."

"Heynbrect has announced himself to the Keeper and to the Harpy. I will ask that the Prince announce whether he has been acknowledged or not."

"Thank you Cybele. We begin tonight."

Cybele Nods and heads for the door... "Oh I almost forgot...here is Master Enkis report."

Cybele lays down a scroll

Sophie nods and leaves to speak to the Prince.

*Henry storms into the room from outside with as much force as his small frame can muster.*

"I must speak with the Prince immediately. It is a matter of the very security of her domain. Torstan please, this is important, it can not wait."

Torston stops dead in his tracks his face seems to drain of what little color it had. "This would be a very bad time to interrupt her majesty's precious time. " He gestures to the empty spot that Felix was standing in.

"Perhaps you could explain the situation to us that you deem to be so urgent."

"Very well, may we speak in private?"

Torston takes Henry inside a side room for a private discussion.

The Prince enters the room on Felix's arm, they seem to be giggling about something. Felix walks her to her throne and she sits,

"What could possibly be so important as to interrupt my evening? This had better be important or there will be hell to pay."

Torston Enters the room with Henry a distressed look upon his face

"Henry would you be so kind as to explain the situation?"

*Henry clears his throat*

"Of course, and apologies my Prince. It appears the Garou have decided that their territory now expands into your city my Prince. I had noticed a decline in my...flock...and decided to investigate. Kristophe had shared with me that packs of what appeared to be dogs were harassing our kind when we have been attempting to sustain ourselves. This led me to a group of what appeared to be accolytes or something of the like which immediatly turned away my ghoul as he attempted to infiltrate and figure out what was going on.

My suspicion of course was that the garou had infiltrated the city in the poor district where my domain is located. Knowing that we had treatied with them I decided that since my domain was impacted directly, I should be the one to parlay with the garou and remind them of the deal that was laid out. I brought Kristophe with me as a safeguard against an ambush and because he had also been looking into them problems in that district.

Unfortunately the garou were less than polite and absolutely unwilling to budge on the matter of invading my domain and more importantly the Princes city. I withstood their insults for awhile as they appeared little more than sentient mongrels but after they insulted the Prince I had had enough. I levied a retort back at them that they took great offense to and turned into these monstrous humanoid wolves. They attacked without warning and by the time I made it outside of the house they brought me to, I witnessed Kristophe being mauled by these massive dogs. They tore into him like he was wild game for nothing more than accompanying me to a parlay and they killed him without batting an eye. He turned to ash before I could reach him. I had to sacrifice one of my ghouls just to get away. I can only assume he is dead as well.

My Prince, the garou are invading your fair city. They have already killed one of our court and who knows how many others. I believe I was an unexpected obstacle in their invasion and only by chance did I find their operation. They have clearly broken the treaty of peace amongst our kind and I believe they aim to take advantage of the recent chaos to lay seige to your realm. We must eliminate the threat they pose and remind them why we live incivilization and they live amongsyt the animals."

The Prince does not seem to show any sign of concern until Isaac storms off, she points to one of her men in the room and motions for them to follow Isaac, the man nods, then disappears.

As Abdul begins to talk she raises an eyebrow, as Abdul finishes his rant the Prince smiles, "I can assure you Abdul, Felix is an animal, however, not the kind you are thinking of. I will allow Felix to respond how he wishes in a moment."

"I agree with Abdul, we need to call forth all of our contacts and see what we have available to us. Isaac has been able to walk into the Lupines den on more than one occasion and come out unscathed. It would be strange for the Lupine to suddenly decide to break a treaty that has been working on both sides. Henry, If you could please go with Franco and give him a detailed account of the events, if you feel well enough to do so. I can only imagine the trauma you must be feeling. Once we have an idea of the location of their pack, we can begin to plan a retaliation."

"As for Kristophe, I feel it is only right that we honour him. When we are not on the cusp of a war with the Lupines, we will have a proper funeral and remember our friend."