Barbarian's Beloved Quotes

“Maybe.” She does not sound enthusiastic. “I hate everyone knowing that I’m a mess, though. I don’t want them to all know that I have…problems. I worry it’ll just make them hate me more.” “We will tell no one but the chief and his mate, and the healer. They will keep your secret.” I stroke her back. “I will say nothing. And you will not tell the others I am afraid of falling?”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Beloved

“That's the thing with anxiety. If something in the routine changes, even something minor, it feels like everything is out of control. The mental ‘Red Alert’ goes off and your brain freaks out.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Beloved

“Stay with me,” he says in a low voice. “I have waited endless days to see your face again, and I prefer it awake.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Beloved

“The smile that blooms across his face is worth it, though. He’s looking at me with such approval that I feel like I already conquered one of my demons. “Very brave,” he tells me.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Beloved

“It is as if it is being sapped from within.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Beloved

“You know, some human women get it removed. They don’t like it.” “Truly?” I am surprised by this. “I like it, though. It is different, but that does not make it bad. It makes it mysterious.” Air-ee giggles again. “My mysterious cunt mane. Lovely.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Beloved

“Let the others think what they want, so long as they do not judge her.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Beloved

“My mate, your enthusiasm will leave me so spent I will be bedridden.”
― Ruby Dixon, Barbarian's Beloved