Bonded

Every person, 18 or older, is bonded to a predator animal. When this bond is completed, the individual can take power from the animal and visa versa, the bond will benefit both of those connected's power, health and many other things that many people are still unaware of whilst those bonded will protect each other to their last breath. Without the completed bond, and the longer it remains incomplete the weaker they become.

This bond is based upon their current level of power, which could be based off wealth but is mainly connected to the individuals actual capability. During the bonding process those taking part must be equals or if one is too strong they may kill the other. Those living in our sort of state are mainly bonded to low rank animals, say stray cats. I had desperately hoped to feel the faint pull to an animal that signalled the bond since my 18th birthday but I remained unbonded and growing weaker with each day away from my bonded.

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Still unbonded at the age of 18 and a half, Aria is in danger of being exiled and abandoned by her family. She must find her bonded before the age of 19 but the odds are against her and the likelihood of her finding the animal that she is bonded to is constantly plummeting, leaving her hopeless and weakened. Whilst a far greater darkness is threatening to envelope everyone and change the world as they know it.