There's a large part of Saffron that wants nothing more than to kill this man, slowly and painfully. She's got no qualms about the possibility in and of itself. But she's got a good life in Darrow, friends who mean a hell of a lot to her, and she knows most of those friends would look at her differently if she did this and was ever found out.

That means she's got to leave him alive, unfortunately.

Saffron keeps her hands locked on his throat until she can see he's nearing the point of a blackout, then releases him. "It was your job to torment him?" she says through her teeth, grabbing a handful of his hair on the top of his head and yanking down and back to force his chin upward. "If you think you're going to talk your way out of this, Alexander, think again."