Panic.  Not a hysterical panic, but an immobilizing fear that came over those caught in inevitable doom.  Aurora froze, statue still, and did not even fight the ancient lich, blue eyes wider than saucer plates.  "What are you going to do to me?  You cannot. . .I am no mare.  I am Aurora Dechain, daughter of King Kadan, who sits the Sun Throne.  You cannot do this to me.  Please. . .stop. . ."