Smoke and Silence

I'm fuming, and I think I'll explode any minute now. I can't stop thinking about the moment I saw Alaric's fiancée slap him.

I'm outside his office, pacing; I can't control my heavy breathing. I want to go in there and... Fuck. I'm not a fighter, but I have an insane urge to really beat the shit out of that lady.

Who does she think she is? How could she slap someone like him, and why didn't Alaric