It was different this time; harsher and progressing much faster. Jasmine's quick wits immediately picked up what was going with Lief so she quickly clutched his hand. And not a moment to soon because just then the whole world froze; again. Poor Barda wasn't quick enough and was frozen as well.
Lief felt fine after the headache, which he thought was a blessing. But then he realised the truth. He had only unfrozen the world before by passing out from the headache. Since he now felt fine, did that mean that the world would never unfreeze?
The first thing they needed to do was unfreeze Barda. Lief reached out and tentatively touched Barda. His body shook and he blinked, once, twice and then that grim smile returned.
"Headache again? Well, let's just wait for it to pass again." And there he was, cool as a cucumber. Barda sat down and opened yet another issue of the Deltora Annuals.
Jasmine was very in tune with Lief's emotions and she sensed that something was wrong. 'The pain isn't getting worse? Good, I hated seeing you in pain. But how is it going to stop?"
"Well, that's the golden question, isn't it my lady Jasmine?" Heads turned and they all recognised that voice…