Her heart skipped. "What? No, I—"
"I told you to make sure he didn't talk," Igor cut her off. "You said it was done."
"I thought he was dead," Katherine stammered, her throat tightening. "The man I sent, he said the shot was clean."
"You trusted someone else to finish what I told you to do personally?" Igor's voice hardened and the initial warmth was gone. "You disappoint me, Katherine."
Her eyes filled with tears as her voice trembled. "Please don't say that. I have done everything you asked, everything." She looked around before saying in a relatively lower voice, "I am risking my life for you here."
If anyone, especially Samuel, were to find out that all this time she was working for Igor and spying on them for him, she could get killed on the spot.
He laughed softly but cruelly. "You are risking your life for me because you want me. Don't confuse love with loyalty, sweetheart."
"I do love you," she whispered with desperation coating every word. "You know I do."
