Katherine immediately brushed off her memory about Sophie, so that her face wouldn't betray her in front of the grand witch. She must not be caught lying. The punishment was too great.
"The reason for Duke Romanov's need for my services…" Katherine's words halted. She tried to find a good excuse.
"That is not his real name but only his alias," Eloise curtly said. "Not that you are allowed to speak his name since you are not close with him whatsoever."
Katherine swallowed hard and under the glower of the Witches. She needed to focus on answering without bringing doom to both her and Sophie. There was in no way that she could die right now.
Somebody needed to warn Sophie and only Katherine could do that.
She needed to survive and warn the girl of the danger of witches. Whether or not Sophie was actually intimate or close with the duke or Alpha didn't matter at all as long as she was perceived as a threat.
