Chapter 17

" Touched you?" Damon still couldn't make out the meaning of Neah's reply. He broke his gaze away from the road and focused on Neah.

" In what way did she touch you?" He demanded with a chilly stare and Neah felt goosebumps pulse through her body.

"She tried to touch me in a not so good manner and when I refused, she attacked me" Neah confessed finally as her face fell, downcast.

For a while, silence stretched between everyone that if a pin should drop, the sound would resonate.

" What punishment is given to someone of such behavior Axel?" Damon inquired, staring ahead once more while Neah crossed her fingers nervously.

" Banishment" Axel's reply came sharp and Neah gasped.

Banishment? That was too intense!

Neah was shocked at the revelation, they were more ruthless with laws than she had thought.

"Isn't that too brutal for something as little! " Neah whined uncomfortably, even though she had hated Ashley's guts, she still didn't think banishment was a great choice for her.

"That is