Imad's Malicious Calling

Lestat had always spared her the slightest harm.

His face cleared a little at the thought, and although he did not smile, it was still a relief to Alice.

Alice tucked the letter into her pocket and pulled Lestat into a conversation about the past day or two, and Lestat collected his thoughts and let the matter drop.

From time to time after that, Alice's letters would fall into Imad's hands. Every time Alice went to Imad to get her letters, it was torture, and looking at Imad's increasingly blatant eyes, Alice knew she couldn't go on like this.

But when she subtly told Duke Biden once, he didn't take it seriously, as if she was overthinking it.

Alice was at her wit's end. Before, she might have been able to talk to Lily about this, but now she had no friends left.