I'll never be okay with her

SLADE POV

"How about we purify this room now that she's gone? We can ask the seer and elders to do it," Mother suggested, scanning the room before glaring at me.

"Why did you let her seduce you into sleeping with her here? This place reeks of sex! Britney was never this bad, and she never talked back to me. Now, I feel sorry for coming between the two of you."

"Mother..." I muttered, but scowled at me and cut in.

"You always jump to her defence. Has she bewitched you into defending her? Did she threaten to leave you if you didn't support her?"

"Winter is the best daughter-in-law you could ever hope for. You should be grateful for the kind of woman she is. She's a healer and a wonderful Luna."

"Why should I be grateful? It's not as if you met her when she was pure. She's been ruined, and I can't understand why you won't let her go..."

I slammed my hands on the table, tired of my mother's nagging and, especially, her distaste for Winter.

"If you only want to say horrible things about my