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“And I saved him!”

“You did,” the Queen said with an affectionate smile “And now you’re bonded to Prince Ksar and will reat honor and privilege, h the familial bond that they shared, she smiled at him and said, “Don’t worry, my love He will cherish you and treat you well You’re bonded for life The bond between you and Ksar will make him predisposed to like you That’s how the bond works”

Seyn stared at his mother with a frown “But I’m not bonded to anyone, Mother”

Queen Janesh sht after your birth You’re just young and your telepathy isn’t fully developed yet I’m sure you’ll feel him soon”

Seyn nodded, accepting the explanation and figuring that his ht As far as Seyn was concerned, his ht

But years passed, and gradually it beca—or there was so with him He didn’t feel his bondmate at all, no matter how hard he concentrated

By the tie people’s telepathic abilities fully developed—he was sure that there was soe were happily bonded, and the way they described their bonds was completely unfamiliar to him

“It’s like having a best friend at the back of my mind,” his older brother, Ja Ja ether “It’s a special connection like no other” Jareen eyes thatthat, kid? Isn’t it the same for you?”

Seynuneasiness and uncertainty There was nothing but silence at the back of hisEven when he spent hours ue connection that led somewhere, but his every attempt to communicate was met with silence

He didn’t knohat to do He considered telling his parents, but he was too e at hi him defective

So instead, Seyn decided to research the bond

The a, andas hell, but Seyn was able to find soht explain why his bond was so weird

The thing was, bonding was supposed to be easy and uncomplicated It had been over four thousand years since Calluvians had started practicing childhood bonds It had been supposedly scientifically proven that bonding children’s telepathic cores made their telepathy more stable There had also been political reasons for introducing the Bonding Law, but Seyn found hi bits