
She-Bear Thus Accosted – Chapter Eight – Caramel Apple
by Alex Shea
Chapter Eight Porcia Catonis—philosopher and notably known, as historical texts customarily stated unenthusiastically, as a political pawn of men during the Roman era—reportedly committed suicide by swallowing hot coals once she learned of her husband’s death. Historians—mostly men, of course—found that implausible probably believing women could never do something as abhorrent and painful, so unmaternal-like, insisting instead that she asphyxiated herself by carbon monoxide poisoning, alas, still, because she couldn’t live without her husband. Porcia was the second wife of […]
Categories: The Female of the Species • Tags: Romance, Serial Fiction, Serial Novella, She-Bear Thus Accosted, The Female of the Species