Surviving the crisis

Alice nodded and went on to ask, "How many people are in your family? It seems like I haven't seen a single one in seventeen years."

But since she had met, she had left the ranks of the common people and entered a world of blood and battle.

"Not many, over two hundred." Lestat said.

As she asks the question, Alice looks at Lestat in her habitual way, the breath between them entwining gently and softly in a very intimate way.

Only at the moment Alice was in good boy mode and her curiosity made her ignore their intimate gestures.

Suddenly thinking of the Lord Imad that Lily had mentioned, Alice asked, "Is the patriarch of your family the Lord Imad that Lily mentioned the other day?"

She had been present when Lily had said this at Ryder House, so she had no fear that Lestat would suspect anything.

As for the fact that Lily had come to see her, she thought it best not to tell Lestat for the time being.