Slade
He stared at his father now, at that word implied, and thought about that himself. “Oh implied...like you implied to me that threat to banish the Vale family... Ah yes, I guess, father, you can take it that same way. Because, as you implied that threat, of banishment, to get your own way in what you wanted. I implied you’d get what you wanted, in order to get what I want. There is no difference at all. Implied does not mean a done deal.” He shook his head “I just needed to use that threat you used on me, to have you punish Hayden, for laughing at Oriana in her moment of anguish. That was all that was about for me. Punishing the boy.”
“Are you so heartless, Slade?” His father bit out.
Now that got his undivided attention, and he stood all the way up, and faced his father properly,
