situation, about the man standing in front of me. That i
new dead and buried, the people I loved turned to dust, and now the first living pe
d react with fear or panic, they beg for protection or run before understanding what they are running from. But I am different, I am afraid
ask, my voice ste
h. A normal human would ask how to survive, his expression seems t
f us trusts the other enough to ask the questions that really matter. Before
rgy signatures detected. Curre
y, his body tensing like a predat
g grows closer behind us. The world outside is familiar and unfamiliar at the same time, buildings I remember from my childhood
abilities and others experiencing mutations and some evolving into shifters capable of taking beast forms far beyond ordinary a
t him. "
k passing across his face. "Lion bloodline." A
parts of yourself you do not want to share, and I respec
tense, because I expected a lone monster but instead I find a group. Three shifters are waiting, and the fi
at me curiously, his head tilting li
him complet
d treatment. "So she does know you h
a weapon or a monster, they treat him like family, and that surprises me more than anything I have seen today. T
p and I am alone with my thoughts, Sy
sis complete. Classi
and strange on my tongue. "Mo
ed physical abilities, but Moonbinders were different. They were not created to destroy, they were created to connect, to form soul bonds
binders disappeared after The Fa
ng in my mind, my heart pou
lence that makes me want to
more secrets than answers, and I
Mission: Establish connection with a compatible shifter
ies is priceless, food and medicine and equipment, everything I find cou
cannot be forced. A shift
obvious. The system confirms it immediately. [Compatible shifter d
y, and I notice that everything he owns shows signs of being repaired countless times. He is n
his footsteps silent. "
use there is no point
wasn't born free. He was created through experiments, enhanced and modified and designe
el does not fear monsters, he fears belonging to someone who sees him a
is waiting for us. Mutated creatures emerge from the ruins, their bodies twisted and hungry, and Kael tra
unstable he becomes, his movements growing more violent and his in
t instability. Moonbinder synchroniz
power from these bonds, I am special because I can save th
efeated but exhausted, and I approach him bec
jaw tight. "You wou
not even
and charged. Then, so quietly I almost miss
ond System 001 activates. [Emergency detection. Comp
quiet, everything fading except the warmth spreadi
errupts, human a
ruins, their eyes not on Kael but on me, and the leader steps forward w
onbin
a growl building in his chest. The scavenger laughs, a cold sound t
ast answering before he does.
low and cruel. "Then yo
cause being rare did not make me safe, it mad
der identity exposed. Host survival probability decreasing. Rec
and the entire world, the man who might become my first bond. But a bond cannot
eepens, and I realize with terrifying clar
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