She turned to face him, begging him brokenly.

"Please, don't make me do it, I can't kill, I can't take a life so easily, give me a little, a little time, and I'll do it, I promise, I promise."  She begged him unaware that she was pleading with the devil!

He was kneeling under her feet, pulling out the dagger she had thrown back to her. He grabbed her arm, forcing her to hold it again. He pushed her towards them, addressing her in a calm and gentle tone, as if

He talks to a child in his first years, "Tic, tack, tack, your time is running out, my dear....