"Oswin, call the maids who were there in the tearoom when it happened," Alec ordered, to which the butler complied right away.
When the three maids arrived, Alec asked them, "Did you see Lauren muttering incantations when she served her blood to Samantha yesterday?"
Lauren knew that there was no way Alec believed her hands were clean, so she wondered why he was turning a blind eye to it.
"No, milord." The three maids shook their heads.
"See, uncle? My wife didn't do anything. Perhaps Samantha's body couldn't absorb Lauren's blood because it has a different quality than what she usually consumes. About the manservant, I think you misunderstood me. Samantha is like a sister to me and I didn't like how she grew fond of the lowly servant who obviously had affections for her not as his master but as a woman."
Hearing how a servant dared to covet his daughter, it made Mr. Hendricks furious. "That servant deserves to die then!"
