Barbarian's Touch Quotes

“My brother Sessah races forward, and I grab him just as he flings himself at Lilah and I. I swing him in the air, grinning. “Little brother, do not knock down my mate!”

“I want to say hello,” he calls out, waving happily at Li-lah. He makes a new gesture, one that makes my heart swell with pride. Welcome home, he signs to Li-lah, and then looks at me. “Did I do it right?”
I rumple his messy hair and set him down. “You did well.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Great, I have a yeti stalker. Totally what every girl dreams of.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Are all the yellow-maned ones so angry? She reminds me of Leezh.” Haeden”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Well, anything you want to get off your chest? He thinks for a long moment, his face solemn. Then, he looks at me and begins to sign again. You are perfect. I would change nothing about you. And I am glad that you are mine. I have waited many days to say that to you. He stops for a moment, thinking, and then continues. I want to say it again. You are perfect.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“After years of being content with my virginity, I am now officially ‘fast’.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Sometimes resonance is a curse,” Vektal says. “And sometimes, it is the greatest gift.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Like it or not, I’ve got to ditch my zero and become my own hero.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Gosh, their names sound the same. I don’t know how I’m going to keep it all straight in my head.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“You think? I just found out we’re on Popsicle Planet with Captain Horny and the Hairy Palm Crew, and you didn’t bother to tell me that I get an assigned playmate?”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“You have not been at the cave, so you have not seen it. Mah-dee and Hassen hate each other. She snarls at him and he is determined to avoid her. There is no spark between those two.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“She gestures at me with one finger, and that puzzles me. Does she think I speak their hand language? I decide to memorize the signal in case I need it to talk to Li-lah. I practice it a few times and then pack my bags for the morning.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“This is what has nagged at me for endless days. This is why I feel so possessive of Li-lah. This is why the thought of Hassen touching her enrages me. This is why she did not resonate to him. She is mine. Mine.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Are all the yellow-maned ones so angry? She reminds me of Leezh.” Haeden shoots an accusing glance at Raahosh. “My mate is much sweeter,” Raahosh grumbles, looking just as annoyed with Mah-dee. “Even when you stole her?” I jab back. “That is not what Leezh says.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“THE PEOPLE OF ICE PLANET BARBARIANS As of the end of BARBARIAN’S TOUCH (suggested pronunciations in parenthesis) AT THE MAIN TRIBAL CAVE CAVE 1 Vektal (Vehk-tall) - The chief of the sa-khui. Mated to Georgie. Georgie – Human woman (and unofficial leader of the human females). Has taken on a dual-leadership role with her mate. Talie (Tah-lee) – Their baby daughter. CAVE 2 Maylak (May-lack) – Tribe Healer. Mated to Kashrem and currently pregnant with child. Kashrem (Cash-rehm) - Her mate, also a leather-worker. Esha (Esh-uh) – Their young daughter. CAVE 3 Sevvah (Sev-uh) – Tribe elder, mother to Aehako, Rokan, and Sessah Oshen (Aw-shen) – Tribe elder, her mate Sessah (Ses-uh) - Their youngest son CAVE 4 Warrek (War-ehk) – Tribal hunter. Eklan (Ehk-lan) – His father. Elder. CAVE 5 Ereven (Air-uh-ven) Hunter, mated to Claire Claire – mated to Ereven, currently pregnant CAVE 6 Liz – Raahosh’s mate and huntress. Currently pregnant for a second time. Raahosh (Rah-hosh) – Her mate. A hunter and brother to Rukh. Raashel (Rah-shel) – Their daughter. CAVE 7 Stacy – Mated to Pashov. Mother to Pacy, a baby boy. Pashov (Pah-showv) – son of Kemli and Borran, brother to Farli and Salukh. Mate of Stacy, father to Pacy. Pacy – Their infant son. CAVE 8 Nora – Mate to Dagesh, mother to twins Anna and Elsa. Dagesh (Dah-zzhesh) (the g sound is swallowed) – Her mate. A hunter. Anna & Elsa – Their infant twin daughters. CAVE 9 Harlow – Mate to Rukh. ‘Mechanic’ to the Elders’ Cave. Spends 75% of her time there with her family. Rukh (Rookh) – Former exile and loner. Original name Maarukh. (Mah-rookh). Brother to Raahosh. Mate to Harlow. Rukhar (Roo-car) – Their infant son. CAVE 10 Megan – Mate to Cashol. Mother to newborn Holvek. Cashol – (Cash-awl) – Mate to Megan. Hunter. Father to newborn Holvek. Holvek – (Haul-vehk) – Wee blue baby boy! CAVE 11 Marlene (Mar-lenn) – Human mate to Zennek. Has unnamed child. French. Zennek – (Zehn-eck) – Mate to Marlene. Has unnamed child. CAVE 12 Ariana – Human female. Mate to Zolaya. Mother to Analay. Zolaya (Zoh-lay-uh) – Hunter and mate to Ariana. Father to Analay. Analay – (Ah-nuh-lay) – Their infant son. CAVE 13 Tiffany – Human female. Mated to Salukh and newly pregnant. Salukh - Salukh (Sah-luke) – Hunter. Son of Kemli and Borran, brother to Farli and Pashov. CAVE 14 Aehako – (Eye-ha-koh) – Acting leader of the South cave. Mate to Kira, father to Kae. Son of Sevvah and Oshen, brother to Rokan and Sessah. Kira – Human woman, mate to Aehako, mother of Kae. Was the first to be abducted by aliens and wore an ear-translator for a long time. Kae (Ki –rhymes with ‘fly’) – Their newborn daughter. CAVE 15 Kemli – (Kemm-lee) Female elder, mother to Salukh, Pashov and Farli Borran – (Bore-awn) Her mate, elder Farli – (Far-lee) Their teenage daughter. Her brothers are Salukh and Pashov. She has a pet dvisti named Chahm-pee (Chompy). CAVE 16 Drayan (Dry-ann) – Elder. Drenol (Dree-nowl) – Elder. CAVE 17 Vadren (Vaw-dren) – Elder. Vaza (Vaw-zhuh) – Widower and elder. Loves to creep on the ladies. CAVE 18 Asha (Ah-shuh) – Separated from Hemalo. No living child. Maddie – Lila’s sister. Found in second crash. CAVE 19 Bek – (BEHK) – Hunter. Hassen (Hass-en) – Hunter. Harrec (Hair-ek) – Hunter. Taushen (Tow –rhymes with cow- shen) – Hunter. Hemalo (Hee-mah-lo) – Separated from Asha. CAVE 20 Josie – Human woman. Mated to Haeden and newly pregnant. Haeden (Hi-den) – Hunter. Previously resonated to Zalah but she died (along with his khui) in the khui-sickness before resonance could be completed. Now mated to Josie. CAVE 21 (formerly a storage cave) Rokan (Row-can) – Oldest son to Sevvah and Oshen. Brother to Aehako and Sessah. Adult male hunter. Now mated to Lila. Has ‘sixth’ sense. Lila – Maddie’s sister. Hearing impaired. Resonated to Rokan.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Does her hearing come back? It’s entirely possible; if the khui can keep Harlow’s brain tumor in check, it could also repair the cilia in Lila’s ears that affect the transmission of sound. Of course, this is problematic - ‘fixing’ her hearing assumes that she’s flawed. Like Rokan says, she’s perfect just as she is. So will she get her hearing back? I haven’t decided, and she doesn’t need it one way or another. She’s strong enough either way and I hope I’ve portrayed her so.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“You don’t have to do that if you don’t want to,” she tells me, just as my tongue is about to drag through the soft, slick folds of her cunt and lap up her taste. Not want to? Licking her is my favorite. Not want to? It is what I want more than anything. I could stay with my tongue buried between her legs for hours and never get my fill.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“I love you too, Maddie, but I love being here. I love Rokan. I love all of this and it feels exciting to me. I want to keep learning and growing stronger. And I’m sorry if you don’t like it here, but that doesn’t mean I want to leave. There is nothing back on Earth that holds a candle to what I’ve got with Rokan. Nothing. I drop my hands, done.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Are you fucking with me? Is this Twilight? Am I going to turn the corner and Stephenie Meyer is going to be there?” She gestures over where Haeden and I sit. “Are they werewolves?”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Her fingers trace a large vein along my shaft, and then she lowers, and her mouth slicks against my cock-head.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“I don’t even mind that she says it, because seeing her eyes with no whites?”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“I love you too, Maddie, but I love being here. I love Rokan. I love all of this and it feels exciting to me. I want to keep learning and growing stronger. And I’m sorry if you don’t like it here, but that doesn’t mean I want to leave. There is nothing back on Earth that holds a candle to what I’ve got with Rokan. Nothing.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“She raises her hands to sign, then drops them. She does not know what to say.

That is fine. I know what I wish to tell her. "You are my heart, always. I can wait for you to realize that.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“I wonder what you sound like?”

Her words sound sad to me, and so I kiss her palm to distract her. It does not matter what I sound like. I sound like hers. I am hers.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Your knowing?” Mah-dee spits at me. “What, are you psychic?” “Actually, kinda?” Kira says. Mah-dee throws up her hands. “Oh sure. Why not? I’m going to bed.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Okay, starting tomorrow I’ll be a self-rescuing princess. That sounds good. Today,”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“I’m lifted into the air like a princess in a fairy tale and carried in his arms. He”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“I just found out we’re on Popsicle Planet with Captain Horny and the Hairy Palm Crew, and you didn’t bother to tell me that I get an assigned playmate?”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Go get your happy blue ass out in that snow and find her!” Mah-dee”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“Suck on that, Smurf.” She wiggles her fingers at Haeden. “Now gimme a knife.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch

“with the yellow mane will do well here, I think. She is a fighter. She has already bellowed at Kira in a way that would make even Leezh proud. It”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Touch