"Ugh!"
Dan groaned as he moved backwards but the sharp tip of Aylin's sword cut his left cheek, giving him a deep wound. But, in return, he only pushed her a little far away from him. He could feel too that Aylin wasn't in her senses.
Something else was controlling her. His eyes moved towards that black pearl but Aylin growled like an angry beast and for a moment, her golden eyes turned into black as she growled in a sharp and thin tone, which was obviously not her voice.
"This is Mine! Stay away…"
Dan sighed with exasperation as he claimed in a dull and troubled voice, "Princess, come back to your senses. This is not any ordinary pearl! You must not awake-"
But, Dan didn't get the chance to finish his words as he was interrupted by the heavy footsteps that echoed from the opposite direction of the cave, along with the sound of a group of people.
