Barbarian's Choice (Ice Planet Barbarians, #11)

by Ruby Dixon

And that’s when I realize three things. She’s real, she’s incredibly warm, and she’s purring.

He should be naked with me. “You are my mate and I am yours. We have resonated.”

can fight it all I want, but I know that she belongs to me.

I’ve never wanted anything as badly as I want Farli. And even though it’s wrong to think about it, I don’t care. I’m not a nice guy. Never have been, never will be.

“You’re so soft,” Mardok murmurs. “Funny how you’re so soft and yet such a badass at the same time.”

“Uh, so, when I was younger, I was a bit of a ladies’ man, or so I thought. I got a piercing there because it’s more pleasurable for the woman.”

I don’t want anyone else but you. Not sure I could let another woman touch me.”

“I am your mother. I will love you and honor whatever decision will make you happy.” Her eyes shine with tears of her own. “Even if it takes you far, far away from me.”

“The thought of you with my child inside you? Nothing brings me greater joy. But it’s about what you want, Farli. It’s your body.”

“No,” Mardok murmurs, and grabs my chin in his hand. “Open your eyes, Farli. I want you to be with me when I come inside you for the first time.”

Her hand is trembling, and it is the first time I have ever felt Farli be afraid. I hate this. I hate everything about it. It feels wrong. Just flat-out wrong.

“I think it would be worse to take you away and watch you be forced to change. I love who you are, Farli. I love that naked, wild girl that I met a few days ago. The one that put my hand on her breast and kissed me. The one that’s carefree and unbroken by society’s rules. And I think…I think leaving would be a mistake. I think it would crush who you are, and I love you too much for that to happen.”