His train of thought was broken by someone opening the door.
"Darcy! What do you want now?"
Darcy walked up to him and stared into his eyes.
"Come now... why the hostility?"
"Tsch. You want a list?"
Darcy chuckled and raised her hand, bringing it towards his head. Tegryn grimaced - he knew what was coming... or so he thought.
Hmmm... no agony, no excruciating pain. She was... caressing his cheek? What on earth was she doing?
"It's almost a shame we have to be on different sides. You must be so desperate to develop your skills... if you would just join us, we could increase your powers just like that!"
"You are joking, aren't you? I mean, you dragged me here to steal my powers, and now you say you want to restore them? I wasn't born yesterday! Besides, you've already tried getting me to join you once before and failed back then - what makes you think you'll succeed now?"
Darcy tutted as she ran her cold fingers through his tousled hair. "We don't have to be enemies, you know."
"Well, let me go and maybe then we could think about a truce."
"No, no, I couldn't do that. If I did release you, I wouldn't be able to do this!"
With that, she pulled his head forward and kissed him passionately for what seemed to Tegryn like an eternity. He screwed his eyes tightly shut, straining to free himself and end this unwanted kiss, but Darcy's spell had too tight a grip - she was dictating this turn of events, not him.
Eventually she let go, and Tegryn spluttered. Being snogged by a witch certainly ranked highly on his 'least pleasant experience' charts, especially when she's just had garlic for her lunch.
"What on earth was THAT for? Are you mad?"
Darcy looked at him with her usual malice. Making her way out of the cell, she said "One day you'll learn to appreciate me... even if I have to hypnotise you into doing so!"
An idea quickly came to Tegryn. "You know what? I might appreciate you a little bit more if you released me from this holding spell of yours. I mean, what's the point of keeping me trussed up me like this? It's not as if I can force my way out of this cell."
"Hmph. I suppose so. Even if you did have your powers, you wouldn't be able to break the door down - it's magically sealed." She waved her hand and released Tegryn before slamming the cell door shut. He fell to the ground in a heap, wiping his mouth - at least that little inconvenience was over.
Now all he had to do was to think of a way out. He strained his eyes, trying to make out the walls in the dim light, and it was just then he got a sudden feeling that he wasn't alone in here. All too soon, he became aware of a eerie purple glow that was slowly filling the cell.
"Oh great" he thought to himself, "Now what?"