Holds Hecate under

Thorne was still piercing Hecate’s body again and again, and that distracted her sufficiently for me to change my grip from her hair to her shoulder. With a tremendous heave I thrust her head down into the cauldron so that it was submerged beneath the surface of the boiling liquid. For a few moments I managed to keep her under – but still she fought back and threw me off before hurling Thorne to her knees.

Starblade Book 3 Chapter 13