Eralia’s POV I’ve been staying at Benny’s for two days now, and I’m already bored, the only company I have is Pippa, the sweet Rottweiler who spends her time curled up in front of my chair after Benny went to collect her from Hallick’s house. She seems to know I’m injured somehow or maybe she can pick up on my mood as I’m still wrestling over what to do about my mother and her court case. Pippa’s heavy head lands on top of the blanket that I’ve tucked over my knees, her soulful eyes looking up at me as I reach forward and stroke her head. ‘Hey girl’ I murmur, ‘what do you think I should do? Should I testify?’ Pippa blinks up at me silently, accepting my pets for a moment before she sinks back down onto the floor again. I sigh heavily, as I sink back into the cushions of the couch agai

