As the knife flew past Avis, she yelped and attempted to deflect it, but failed. It struck home in Magnus' stomach. She spun to face the assassin, only to see that he had vanished. After a moment of indecision, she spun and ran to Magnus' side, as did the other girls did. She crouched beside him, eying the knife. "Hold still," she said, not really listening to Magnus' words. She gripped the knife's handle with one hand and steadied him with the other. In one swift movement, she yanked the knife out of his middle. She quickly examined the blade. "It's whole," she announced. "That's good. If it had broken inside you we'd have a whole lot more problems." Avis looked up to see Larteis emerging from the shop, holding the box of potions.<br/><br/>Larteis had ran inside the shop as soon as Magnus had mentioned the healing potion. He managed to swallow his fear at the sight of the corpse and climbed over the counter, miraculously not falling flat on his face. He skimmed a long taloned finger on the shelf until he found the box, and quickly returned outside. Bellant was standing over the injured assassin, intimidating him into remaining where he was. Larteis decided to leave him as he was and ran to Magnus' side. "I got the potions," he said, gingerly holding the box as he kneeled down. It occurred to him that he should probably be avoiding the Alftarans, in case they recognized him, but it was too late for that. Instead, he ducked his head and hoped that none of them knew him. "Which one?" Larteis asked as he picked over the various vials.<br/><br/>Bellant growled at the assassin. "Who sent you and for what purpose?" He demanded.<br/><br/>The man screamed in fear. "Please, I don't know anything- there's this camp in the forest outside town I was sent fro-" he froze, going pale. Then he unleashed one blood curdling scream and went still.<br/><br/>Bellant stared, then sniffed the man's face. Repulsed, the drake pulled back. "He's dead," he said. "He said something about a camp and then-" he shuddered, stepping away. "We should leave at once. Whatever happened, I don't doubt it involved black magic."