A few days later they head out to check his traps when they are discovered by Aehako and Haeden. Liz returns him to the cave using a travois, promising to become his mate if he lives.įor nine days, she cares for him and though seriously injured, he does recover. Raahosh is seriously injured after falling from the cliff. However, they are cornered by metlaks at a cliff side. Raahosh agrees to take Liz out the next day to hunt with the next bow she made out of the face eater stalk. In the following half hour, it becomes clear that Raahosh could understand English, angering Liz. She tries to take hold of a fangfish's bamboo-like stalk and is saved by Raahosh. She often hunted with her father and was a champion archer. The next day, Liz heads out into the wild looking for something to make a bow. He chooses not to respond as he is generally not a talkative person. Liz assumes that Raahosh did not get the language 'download' to learn English, and speaks to him in a stream of whatever's on her mind. She had disliked Raahosh's attention back in the cargo hold and did not want to be mated to him. Liz is resentful of her resonance and her captivity. That meant resonance had to be fulfilled. As such, he didn't want to return to the tribe until he was sure they wouldn't be separated. He was aware that his action of forcing her to get a khui would likely get him in trouble. Liz awakens to discover herself in a cave with Raahosh. She was already very ill from nalium sickness and she was starving and injured. Unbeknownst to Liz, Raahosh had resonated to her and was determined not to let her die. She is stopped by Raahosh, who holds her down and gives her a khui. Liz, who had been weirded out about the idea of a 'parasite' inside of her, attempts to run away. Soon after the sa-kohtsk hunt goes well and the khui's are ready to be given to the women. She leads the newly awaken women in an 'introduction game' and explains the situation. Liz watches as the other girls awaken the women in the stasis pods. And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, surliest alien of the group.' In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. 'Twelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. It has been republished in a special edition format compiling the Ice Planet Honeymoon spin off and a new 2nd epilogue.

This book was originally published as a serial between Jand July 24, 2015. Barbarian Alien is the second book of the Ice Planet Barbarians series.

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