Lestat's embrace

Lestat wanted to take another look at Alice.

But Alice was lying in her cradle and Lestat could see nothing.

Lestat had just gone out when Alice's maid came rushing in. As soon as she saw Duke Biden, she hurriedly fell to her knees and said in a panic, "I'm very sorry, Duke Biden! I ... "

She couldn't finish her sentence before her body flew out like a kite on a broken string, hitting the wall of the room and bouncing back down to the floor.

"I told you to take care of Alisis, how dare you go AWOL?" Duke Biden was still smiling, only his tone was as cold and stern as it had ever been.

The maid's mouth was bleeding, but she still struggled to her knees and said brokenly, "I, I will never dare again ..."