Crystal could almost read her sister's expression, and she felt her heart sink. What if Acacia didn't think that the vampire was innocent? Or what would happen if the vampire wasn't innocent? Would that cause setbacks for the half-vampires? or any half-breed? She frowned in thought.

"What would happen if the lawyer failed?" she meant it in a way, that even if the vampire was innocent, that nobody would believe she was. Full vampires either killed or turned others, and there wasn't a middle ground. What if they decided to condemn the vampire anyway?