He pointed an accusatory finger at Yara, who stood calmly looking at him as if he were the world's most pitiful creature.
Selene cursed internally, immediately standing up to position herself protectively near Yara as several awakeners and a few Evolvers in the crowd began responding to the commotion, moving closer to assess the situation.
Selene knew that it was going to be tough to get out of the situation at hand. Had she been the one to hit him, Selene wouldn't have cared, but it was Yara, and Yara was considered a beast. Once a beast attacked a human, it was considered to have gone berserk and sentenced to death unless the owner can prove that the beast had actually defended it from an immediate threat.
Although Yara had defended her, Yara did not defend her against an immediate threat.
