" Brom ground his teeth together, glaring down at Rip as if he were a bug that needed to be squashed under foot. "I would not ask a woman for her opinion any more than I would ask which of my steer would like to be this weekend's roast."
"Clearly, his new age thinking is what drew Katrina to him," Rip muttered out of the corner of his mouth. "

― Stacey Rourke , Crane (The Legends Saga, #1)