"No, jolie, jvb stop!" It came out as a hoarse croak from a throat that was almost to dry to speak. I tried reaching out a hand to stop jolie from ramming his sword into his heart. It was futile, I had no strength. I gave a sobbing gasp and screamed from frustration and anger.
That seemed to give me strength. I glanced at the mirror in my hand and noticed that my eyes were swirling silver and the angrier I got the faster my eyes swirled and the more my eyes swirled the stronger I got.
I reached over and grabbed jolie's hand - "No, stop! You have done nothing wrong! It is the evil here that is making you think you have harmed us."
I saw sanity return to his eyes and he squeezed my hand back. "Gather the others!"
"jvb! Look at me! You must not listen to the voice! It is lying to you and deceiving you."
He just looked at me suspiciously and told me I was lying. That roused my anger even more. Staring at him I spoke through gritted teeth, "jvb you do not obey a deceiving demon, you are to strong for that!"
He shuddered and looked at me and whispered, "My Queen, I ... I'm sorry, I know you would never harm me."
I grabbed his hand and pulled him close to my side. Then I glanced up defiantly at the beast. When it met my eyes it flinched back, the first trepidation I had seen from it.
