Between Father And Son

"Will you hear what I have to say?" 

Loman's question hung in the air for a tense moment while Bors Lothian stared at his son as if he was truly seeing him for the first time. 

"No," Bors said bluntly. "You've grown, son, I'll give you that. It takes a set of stones to try to blackmail your own father into following your scheme. Maybe the apple didn't fall as far from the tree as I thought." 

"Father, I," Loman started only to be cut short by his father's fierce reproach. 

"No, you sit there and you listen to what I have to say," Bors snarled, pointing an accusing finger at Loman. "Your father asked you a question. Your liege lord, if you still remember what that is, asked you a question. Yes or no, does the Inquisition intend to charge your brother with the crime of magnicide? Will they drag him before the king's justice and the ruling council of dukes?"