Ice Ice Babies (Ice Planet Barbarians, #6.2)

by Ruby Dixon

“She is lonely,” Maylak says in a low voice. “She does not fit in anywhere. She has no kit. She does not love her mate. She does not feel welcome with the humans who are all so close to each other. So she stays in her cave and keeps to herself.”

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.

“Dagesh has been out twenty-four-seven hunting to try and prep for winter - sorry, the brutal season.” “Yup. Add all that together, and we’re gonna be here for now.”

“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.

“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’.” Oh.

“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?”