Benny’s POV ‘She’s in jail’ the words hang in the air as my mug stills inches from my lips. ‘She assaulted someone Benny’ the bakery assistant continues quietly, ‘a bouncer at a bar she was trying to get into. He refused her, I assume it was because she was already drunk, it’s not the first time she’s been refused service by security staff or the barperson. Normally, she’ll shout a few curses at the staff, the couple of times I’ve had to find her, that’s usually what we walk in to, but this time, she . . . she hurt someone.’ Eralia’s face is pale as she slowly shakes her head, ‘she really hurt someone, she’s never done that before.’ I can feel Eralia’s gaze on me, she’s waiting for my reaction, I can’t tell if she thinks that I’m going to blow up at her, be horrified or if she believ

