Erupea: Bound by Batasurna, Book 1

A soul bond once sacred. A star system lost to silence. A truth unraveling one piece at a time.An ancient soul bond that transcends lifetimes was once meant to reunite chosen soul mates in every life. Until it turned deadly. Now it threatens not only society, but the very people bound by it, forcing them to make an impossible choice.Light years away from home, scientist Kalaire Zubiri is searching for a cure when she and her team are suddenly recalled. No explanation. When she's finally home, she discovers everything has changed. The system has gone silent. No planets answer their hails. The only sign of life is a ghost transmission that sends Kalaire on the hunt for an artifact that may hold the key to what happened. When Kalaire arrives on Erupea, she finds the planet a wasteland. After she's separated from her team, she becomes stranded and forced to rely on the last person who wants to help her-Luken. A native of Erupea, Luken blames her people for the destruction of his world and the corruption of the bond his people still hold sacred. He wants nothing to do with her. He just wants the truth. As danger closes in, Luken becomes Kalaire's only hope for surviving the planet's hazardous environment while escaping those who are willing to kill for the artifact. The longer they're together, the more undeniable the pull between them becomes. And the more she begins to fear what is reawakening between them. Because if the soul bond is real, then one of them dying isn't the worst outcome-it's what happens to the one who survives.