Sheila is in very way a self-made woman. Coming from a modest lower middle class background, she put herself through school by selling her body and overcame prejudice against her gender through sheer determination, talent, and, as needed, blackmail and bribery. When she had her degree in electrical engineering, she refused to take a job at a corporation who would retain the rights to her work and managed to scrape up enough start-up capital to go into business for herself. It took twelve years, but she finally began to see a reware for her perseverance when her company landed a contract with military contractors for the production of computer components.
It was at this time when Robert Landau entered the scene. He had noted her progress and was looking for a candidate for the Embrace with a good grasp of modern technology and the business around it. Inviting Sheila out to Biloxi, he approached it like a business venture, detailing the offer and what it would entail. She considered for a few days, under his watchful eye, and then accepted. She saw it as a golden opportunity, having little use for other people or her family. However, Robert neglected to mention the Blood Bond and so the first love Sheila had ever felt for another person was forced out of her by its artificial influence.
She resented it and her sire with near homocidal passion, but could not bring herself to do what she wanted and destroy him. For the first time in her life, her strength of will and purpose failed her. Unable to be rid of him by any other means, she instead sought a means to distance herself from him by sheer force of will. While she knew he'd never let her return to Austin, she was able to convince him that she would make a fine agent in Baton Rouge and so she moved to Louisiana. From there, she tries to continue keeping control of her business and find some way to strike out against her sire or at least break the bond holding her to him.
Sheila is a hardened, driven woman used to being able to get what she wants merely by striving for it. Never one to quit or allow herself to concede to those who deride her, she has always been too self-reliant and self-involved to allow another person into her life. The hunger of vampirism, however, coupled with the manifestation of her clan affliction has put her in a very difficult position. She's been forced into a sort of quasi-lesbianism that disgusts her, yet she's finding that Dominate can only get her so far. The humiliation of the situation only stokes the hatred she holds for her sire.
Sheila has very little respect for Orlando, whom she sees as an idealistic dreamer grown completely out of touch with reality. She does, however, both respect and personally like Esteve for his down-to-earth manner and efficiency. Were push come to shove, she'd be perfectly willing to back his ascent to the Princedom.
She doesn't particularly care for Annalisa, finding her artificial and disliking her social demeanor, though she does respect the woman's architectural skills and seemingly vicious ability to get what she wants out of people. For the most part, she prefers her company in private and avoids it in public.
She finds Ben personable enough but doesn't give him much thought and she's wary of Horace, who she senses isn't what he appears to be. She's only had brief contact with Camarilla outside the city and so doesn't have much an opinion of them, though she openly dislikes La Salle, just for his lack of ability and propensity to claim the fruits of others' labors.
Of her two 'brothers', she prefers Kyle over Alan, whom she finds weak and ineffectual. She and Kyle keep in regular contact, though she hasn't yet told him of her intentions towards their sire, not quite sure where the two of them stand. She is, however, very intrigued by Dennis and his fate and has been looking for some means to contact him without risking being caught by Esteve, whom she is sure would use it against her.
Sheila has managed to remain in control of her company from afar, though the distance doesn't prevent her from keeping a careful eye on the actions of the Vice-Presidents it has made her usual micromanagement style difficult to continue. She's been forced to leave things in the hands of her underlings and rely on the regular reports to keep on top of things. She's considered ghouling some of the important executive officers, but her own experiences with the Blood Bond have convinced her not to. Still, her contacts in the military technology industry have a lot of potential to be useful and she's also got a lot of wealth to throw around with a decade and a half of lucrative contracts behind her.