Silas growled slightly - the woman had gone exactly according to plan, and was wriggling rather pleasantly in his grasp. His knife however was essentially useless, and whole the shattered edge was still sharp enough to do a whole mess of damage to her, odds were decent he wouldn't make it out of this in one piece.<br/><br/>He settled the knife's ruined edge against Marion and growled in her ear. "Maybe next time..."<br/><br/>A firm shove sent her piling into Kasey, and by the time the young man had regained his balance, the thug was nowhere to be seen. The auction continued as if nothing had gone wrong, those the creature's price had risen to 2.6 million during the little drama that was unfolding in the crowd.