He said it! POOOOOOOOOOOOOOG

"Concentrate!" I told myself. "Squeeze time! Make it stop!"

Once more my focus began to do its work and I came to my feet, readied my blade and took a tentative step towards my enemy. That was it. Focus on the task. Take one step at a time. That was the way. And I remembered what Mam had once told me:

"When you're a man it will be the Dark's turn to be afraid, because then you'll be the hunter, not the hunted. That's why I gave you life."

Well, I wasn’t a man yet, but suddenly I did feel like the hunter …

I was less than an arm’s length from the Ordeen’s open jaws now. Too close to escape if another plume of fire erupted. I tensed, then struck upwards into her throat, burying the blade to the hilt and releasing the weapon instantly. A wave of despair washed over me as I watched the blade melt, dissolving into globules of falling molten metal.