" There is no one here but you and me. I shall never tell another if you decide I am not manly enough for you.”

Kate giggles, and the sound is sweet to my ears. “Thank goodness. I was so worried about that,” she teases, and when I clutch my chest as if wounded, her laughter escalates. “Sometimes I wonder if you’re ever serious, Harrec.”

“Only when I must,” I admit with a grin. “But I am very serious about how much I like you. "

― Ruby Dixon , Barbarian's Lady (Ice Planet Barbarians, #14)