Barbarian Mine (Ice Planet Barbarians, #4)

by Ruby Dixon

This female is mine, now. I’ve taken her from the bad ones. She belongs to me, and I’ll kill anything that tries to take her.

She is fragile, my Har-loh. I must make sure I take good care of her. The thrumming in my chest demands it.

And he can’t stop staring at me, as if I’m some magical dick-sucking unicorn come to life.

I am filled with shame, and I press her small face to mine. I am not caring for her properly.

Her small face is the last thing I see before I go to sleep, and the first thing I search for when I awaken.

He is bald, and I'm torn between thinking he is the ugliest, weakest creature I have ever seen...and the most wonderful.

The man I have imagined as my father for so long in my bits of memories? The man I have revered? It is not the man I should be looking to for answers. It should be the man at my side, my brother. My brother who has tirelessly hunted at my side and gave me company even when I did not want it. Who brings his pregnant wife and has her sit with mine so she will not be lonely. Who risks his own family to help me protect mine. Who opened his home to me without question, and has never expected thanks.

Tears.

“Har-loh, I will wait forever for you if I must. Time does not matter as long as we are together.”