Absolute Power (3)

The red-head woman continued walking and Chris' body felt odd as if his blood was boiling. Forcibly made to boil, rather. He suddenly could not move his feet away. Feeling like his blood was being controlled, he closed his eyes and bit down hard on his lower lip. 

When a bit of sanity returned to him, even if it was hard, he forced himself to walk sideways, attempting to put a distance between him and Bathory. The latter felt amused as she clearly saw barriers being erected every five meters that he walked. The answer he gave was amusing too. 

"You keep asking why I didn't. But have you ever considered that I actually couldn't?" 

The laughter he gave off was quite unsettling, as it did not have the hopelessness supposed to go along with his words.