Witch-Prince Ways

Widowed, caught between two feuds, Katie was desperate enough that the Witch Prince witched her wits away, so that she let him steal her baby.

Then there was no reason for him to not let the bewitchment fail, then.  What, after all, could she do against him?  Even the witching woman would tell her that defying the Witch Prince was beyond her power. 

And tell her again, when she will not listen.