"You... love him?" Xornoth sounded disgusted. 

"I do, I'm not killing him at all, Xornoth." I said, putting my arm around Jimmy's shoulders. 

"WEAKLING!" Xornoth yelled at me. "SUCCUMBING TO LOVE. PATHETIC"

Tears stung my eyes. "I am not pathetic." I said, my voice shaking with anger.

"WEAK. PATHETIC." he spat, "YOU ARE NOTHING. YOU ARE WORTHLESS."

"He's not worthless, your highness." fWhip spoke up, immediately earning a blast of red corruption, shooting him across the hall. Gem yelled at Xornoth, but he turned back to me. He walked around the table so we were face to face. 

"If he's not worthless, how come he does this?" He yanked down on my antler, causing me to let out a blood curdling scream I didn't even know I could let out. Pain shot through my body faster then you could say 'pain', but instead of letting go, Xornoth only held it tighter, lifting me off my feet. He eventually let go, causing me to fall to the floor. 

"You- you monster!" Katherine als ogot yeeted across the room for that comment. Xornoth picked me up by my collar. 

"I told you to kill him. To torture him. To break. His. Heart. Pathetic excuse for an elf."

I just stared into the face of the brother I used to, and still, love. THe man who used to sing me to sleep. The man who gave up to the demon. 

He released me and went back to his seat, to the right of Joey.

"It's ok, we don't need him. He's just a pathetic excuse for an assasin." He muttered to Joey.  I only just caught it, but elves have extraordinary hearing. 

Anger boiled inside me like a tea kettle. I didn't notice, then, the dagger clutched in my left hand. 

"I am not. A pathetic excuse. For. An. ASSASIN!!" I released te daggerto Xornoth's chest. 

It hit him, right next to his heart, so he didn't die immediately. Dark blood did start gathering about the point of impact. He pulled the dagger out before crumpling to the ground. 

Oh boy, if you thought this chapter was sad, wait for the next two. hehe

Bring tissues, kids