" I'm not a gift for you to present to Sirius...I want to ride in with my head held high, as an equal to my husband....[Sirius] wanted a woman the gods said would make him great. That woman isn't going to be hauled about like a crate of potatoes. "

― Tammie Painter , Domna, Part Two: The Solon's Son (Domna (A Serialized Novel of Osteria) Book 2)