Violet snorted and took a step closer to him, standing almost toe to toe. He was taller than she had thought, and she had to tilt her head up to glare at him. He smelled all clean and pine fresh and it made her hope that she dripped unclean fountain water all over his shiny shoes.
A mist had rolled in from the direction of the sea, creeping slowly across the garden floor, but despite that, the night seemed brighter, as if there was a glow from somewhere in the garden.
"You jerk, you think you can just treat people the way you want?" She poked Carl on the shoulder. "Cutting off my food, blocking by student card, setting your cronies on me, you think that is how people act in the real world?"
He looked down at where her finger dug into him, then back at her face, his eyes filled with co
