Kristie listened intently from the couch in Kathrine's house. She really hated lying to Kathrine, but she had no choice. She needed to finish what she had come here for or her daughter would be as good as dead. Why did Kathrine have to be so nice? Alex had told her that Kathrine was conceited and mean, but the real Kathrine was kind and rarely spoke about herself. How could this be the same woman, the strongest of all the Asuune? Wouldn't the most powerful Asuune in the world be a ...