[Honor]

'Just... give me a second. I'll try to convince her to go to the other room so you can leave.' He thought back to Artemis, his eyes never leaving his mother, and his expression unchanging.

His mother gazed at him with cold eyes, not pleased by his disobedience. "William Christopher Covair, make the woman leave. While enjoyable, physical pleasures are unimportant compared to your job." She said, almost sneering the last word.

William sighed. 'Pleasant woman, isn't she?' He thought sarcastically. "Right. Wait in my room. At least let me walk her to the door." He said in a repentant tone.

His mother stared hard at them for a moment, clearly sensing something was off, but she was unaware of exactly what that was. "If I must. But William, be careful of becoming too much of a gentleman. Your father was always that way. It was annoying." With that she turned and excited on her heels to his room.

William turned back to look at Artemis. He sighed, not really having anything to say about his mother. There was no justifying her.