Ice Ice Babies (Ice Planet Barbarians, #6.2)

by Ruby Dixon

No-rah will be there waiting for me, a smile on her face and my daughters at her breast. Just the thought fills me with so much joy that I stagger.

Bek has no mate. He has not held the tiny hand of a daughter freshly-born and so vulnerable.

She was mine the first time I saw her. I think of that day so many moons ago, when the humans were pulled from their strange cave and a frightened No-rah looked at me with defiant, terrified eyes. My chest immediately resonated for her, but I kept it a secret. She was afraid, and I did not want her to fear me. I did not keep it secret for long - the moment she had her khui, she resonated to me.

I lost my heart then. It feels as if I lose it anew every time she smiles at me.

Every day, my need for her grows. There is nothing for me without No-rah. Nothing at all.

My mate’s a good man. He’s strong and brave and tireless. He likes to joke that he’s a hunter, not a thinker, but I think he’s plenty smart. And I love him. I love his smile, his scent, the way he gives me that adorably blank stare when I use a human term he doesn’t understand. I love seeing him with the babies. I can’t imagine being with anyone else.

“I don’t suppose you’d want to watch the babies tonight for me? Just for a few hours?” “So you can demand cock from your mate?” Her eyes gleam with amusement.

“No-rah!” I call out, my heart surging at the sight of her. She is so lovely, my mate. I could gaze at her for hours on end and be content.

“We are going to talk.” As Asha leaves, No-rah glances at her and then moves closer to me. “That is human-speak for ‘you are going to give me your cock’.”

“You just pushed two kits out of your body. Two. I do not know how that feels. How am I to know if you are ready for mating unless you tell me?”

love you.” “You are my heart,” I tell her again. “Never doubt that.”