Soon after she was grown, Aula was married to her cousin Bannus
The Quercuses threw a party to celebrate the birthdays of Kata, Manduorix and both Auluses
And soon after that they threw a lavish ceremony for the wedding of Aulus junior and Fausta Rutilia. Manduorix and Aulus were pleased to have got their son a bride from such a prominent family
No one said anything but many of the guests noticed that Fausta seemed a little…large
Fausta set about making herself agreeable. She got to know the other members of the family and made no mention at all of Kata’s wig (Kata having turned out to be surprisingly vain)
And she worked hard
Soon (remarkably soon) she gave birth to a little girl named Royce