When She's Ready Quotes

“Even on the far ends of the universe, it never fails. People are assholes no matter where you go.”
― Ruby Dixon, When She's Ready

“Lord va’Rin suggested that I get pregnant very quickly in order to cement our bond. Our child will be born into citizenship of the Mesakkah empire, and he’ll have more rights than you and me both.”
― Ruby Dixon, When She's Ready

“No sex until I’m ready, then.” “Done,” he says, just as quick to agree. “Wait,” I say, panicked. He can’t agree just like that. “I might not be ready for a long time. Maybe ever.” Tassar reaches out and takes my hand in his again. He turns it palm up, and then traces one big finger down the center of my palm. I feel that small touch all the way to my core and have to bite back a gasp. “Then it’s my job to make you ready.”
― Ruby Dixon, When She's Ready

“Jutari is from a race of aliens called “mesakkah” and I knew that my husband-to-be would be one, too. He’s a distant relative who escaped a prison planet, where he’s been for the last few years due to some messy alien war that ended badly. I don’t care that he’s a convict. That just means he’ll intimidate my neighbors. And because he’s mesakkah, I knew he’d be tall and blue and horned like Jutari, but…whoa.”
― Ruby Dixon, When She's Ready

“He doesn’t want a human female to take one look at his acid-scarred face and skin and recoil in horror.”
― Ruby Dixon, When She's Ready

“Jutari points at the window, to the massive house on the hill. “Lord va’Rin mated a human, you know. Bunch of planetary lords lost their keffing minds when they heard that, but he wouldn’t be budged. Said she was his and that was all there was to it, and if they had a problem, they could go kef themselves.” His lips twitch with amusement. “His family’s old and has a lot of power on Homeworld, so they let it be. But then a bunch of humans got rescued recently, and Homeworld decided to dump them here on the edge of the galaxy where they could be quietly forgotten.”
― Ruby Dixon, When She's Ready

“My people are a possessive people, I think, as I gaze down at her rounded curves. When we find our mate, there is no one more devoted than a mesakkah male.”
― Ruby Dixon, When She's Ready

“Why a follow-up?”

“Because my safety is important,” she tells me. “They’re going to make sure you’re not abusing me, that’s all.” Leilani gives me a pert look. “The moment you lay a finger on me, I’m poisoning your food, just so you know.”

I chuckle. “What if it’s a good finger?” I flirt. “And you want it laid on you?”
― Ruby Dixon, When She's Ready