"It was Edna!" she screamed, still fighting to free her hand with all of her might.
At once, Lauden lifted the dagger away, looking very… Interested in what she had to say, "What was it that Edna did?" he grunted through tightened jaws.
Allegra gulped, choking an incoming sob, "Unbeknownst to us, she had been using the potion you and... My father had given her on Katherine instead of Lord Silas,"
His eyes narrowed upon hearing those words, "So you were aware of that too," he half asked, nodding his head.
"Darrick tells me almost everything," she hissed.
"Almost," Lauden chuckled before regaining a more serious expression, "Now tell me, why should I care about this potion?"
"The potion made Katherine sick. So sick, that her mental health too devolved with her body," Allegra paused to breathe in, "She had seemingly fallen into a coma but, on the night of the spring equinox, Edna put me to sleep so that she could awaken and let Katherine loose,"
