A deal to complete
Alaric sent spatial energy rippling around him and Vesper popped in and out of shadows, his sword always aiming at Alaric but Alaric divided his sword in two and countered him.
Vesper stopped at a distance from them and removed his mask, he brought his ruined hand to his mouth and licked the blood. "It'll cost me a lot to heal this. Broken bones always need a healer's touch."
Alaric touched his side. He had a wound to heal too and he had Cook's water to do it. But first, he needed to kill this assassin. "Anyone ever tell you that you talk too much?"
Vesper smiled, his lips stained with blood. "All the time but they all died at my hands. Soon, you will too." He raised his sword. "A shame that the poison did not work. A shame indeed."
He went after Alaric again, Vesper struck out with his sword but at the last minute he dropped his sword as his body became air like and he used his hand to punch him in the side again.