"SONUVABITCH!" The thug stumbles back as he is kicked in the shin, hugging Alice closer to his chest as he and Alice slammed into the wall with his balance thrown off. Alice let out a cry of pain from behind his hand.

When the thug saw Della he scowled.

"Shit, you should WANT me to kill this mage, look what happened to you!"

Alice's muffled cries for Della could be heard even as the thug kept his hand around her mouth.