Death by ashes

Imad paused and shouted to the door, "Someone, lock her up!"

As he watched his men take Alice down who was struggling, and Lestat, who was not responding as if she were stunned, Imad curled his lips slightly.

At his age, how could he possibly be attracted to a young girl?

Everything he had shown before was just an act to paralyse Alice.

Imad knew that Lestat and Alice were both close and had a mutual affection for each other. But one is Duke Biden's adopted daughter and the other is Duke Landier's adopted son, and a marriage would be a serious threat to Imad's position.

Fearing that Duke Biden and Duke Landier will join forces against him, Imad will not let Lestat and Alice's relationship develop.

Originally, Imad was just wondering how to split up Lestat and Alice, but after Lily told him that Alice was writing to someone on the outside, Imad discovered that Alice's pen pal was actually Muriel of the Ashama family.