With the unnatural force of the door flying open, Xavier was pushed back out of the immediate opening.  His mind couldn't quite register what was happening but he knew the he had made a very big mistake.  There was no time to dwell on that now though, he only knew that he had to do what he could to try and make it right.  He had invited an overwhelming and unknown power through one of the defenses between Esperanza and the terror of the Barovian night.  The puzzle of what was happening was only highlighted by the delicate flower of a woman that seemed at the center of this maelstrom.  The Sergovian family guard had been spared the direct eye contact with the unnatural beauty whose attention had shifted to the other two men near the door.  As the coin pursue hit Pias' unprepared body it fell heavily to the floor, what was once so important to the man in what may be his final moment suddenly became worthless.<br/><br/>Xavier's eyes went wide when the pale beauty showed the fangs of a beast and gripped the frightened doorman as if he were a rag doll.  The man shrieked with agony as his blood showed on the lips of a creature Xavier would have dismissed as mere superstition just minutes before.  Perhaps that was why Bucren didn't warn him outright, who would have believed?  Xavier took a brief moment to cross himself with his free hand before reaching out with an iron grip to secure Pias' arm on the door post.  Despite his strength he could feel he had no chance to break the man free.  Nor could he as yet bring himself to run the scantily clad beauty through with his blade.  In the desperation of the situation his body reacted even before his mind could devise a plan.  With well practiced form the blade rose and came down, slicing cleanly through Pias' bitten arm just above the elbow.  With all his strength he pulled the nearly doomed man back into the tavern, hoping that Bucren would be quick enough to close and secure the door.