" queen. You have power, but you have paid dearly for it. You have wealth, but it brings you no joy, for you are dressed even more simply than my mother. You can have anything you desire, and hundreds of servants obey your command, but you cannot retrieve the things you have lost—like your son. Your family. "

― Angela Elwell Hunt , Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra (The Silent Years, #3)