บท 64: Spill the Secrets

If her father had simply said "Tell me what she did to you" then Adeline would have most probably lied to her father saying that she had no idea about what he wanted to know.

But when he added "It is an order from your King", Adeline would not be allowed to lie to him because he was asking the question as a King of Wyverndale and not just as her father. And if it was found out that Adeline had lied to the King then she could be punished for it.

But was getting punished for lying that bad if it meant it would not put her father's life in danger from the witch?

Adeline's mind was fighting with itself to decide which path would bring the best possible outcome, lying to her father or telling him the truth and revealing everything that she knew about Lillian.