Potential Allies

Hearing how Miss Linda's lies got an innocent girl killed made Alexander sigh in his heart.

Tragically, beating one's servants to death if their mistake was grave enough was a frequent occurrence in most parts of the currently known world.

This made the veracity of Lady Miranda's story very likely and caused Alexander to have second thoughts about the potential of working with Miss Linda.

"So how did Lord Janus find out at the end?" Thus listening to the story up until now, Alexander then posed this follow up question as it was clear the father had eventually come to learn about the injustice done to his daughter.

This was all the more damning because if Miss Linda had even the slightest shred of tact she would have stayed silent about it.

But it seems she did not, as Lady Miranda went on to reply with a sneer,